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  • Soil temperature dynamics are complex, influenced by soil composition, moisture, air temperature, and solar energy.
  • Accurate soil temperature modeling is crucial for understanding ecosystem processes and land management.

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  • To enhance an existing soil temperature model by incorporating ground-level solar energy data.
  • To assess the impact of localized solar energy on soil temperature simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's O'CCMoN dataset.
  • Integrated ground-level solar energy data into the Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) ecohydrology model.
  • Validated model performance at two soil depths.

Main Results:

  • Localized ground-level solar energy significantly influences soil temperature, especially between open and forested areas.
  • Inclusion of solar energy data markedly improved the deterministic modeling of soil temperature.
  • The enhanced model demonstrated greater accuracy in predicting soil temperature dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Spatially distributed solar energy is a critical factor for accurate soil temperature modeling.
  • Ecohydrology and watershed-scale models should integrate solar energy data for improved spatial and temporal simulations.
  • This approach enhances the predictive capabilities of environmental models for land management.