Cross-scale modeling of surface temperature and tree seedling establishment in mountain landscapes

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Squared correlation coefficients (R ² ) between PRISM and observed (HOBO) minimum and maximum temperatures (°C) and between observed and estimated minimum and maximum surface temperatures using various lapse rate estimation methods

Analysis	All aspects	North	South	Valley	Ridgeline
Minimum temperature
PRISM vs. HOBO	0.82	0.80	0.75	0.88	0.86
HOBO vs. average lapse rate	0.80	0.79	0.75	0.88	0.86
Maximum temperature
PRISM vs. HOBO	0.60	0.72	0.59	0.55	0.75
HOBO vs. average lapse rate	0.68	0.82	0.76	0.62	0.72
HOBO vs. regressed solar lapse rate	0.69	0.81	0.76	0.59	0.77

n: north: 18, south: 30, valley: 21, ridgeline: 18, total: 87.
Analysis points consisted of paired comparisons between monthly temperature datasets.