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Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavy urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun's energy, heat up, and re-radiate that heat to the ambient air: the resulting urban heat island (UHI) is a kind of microclimate that is additionally driven by relative paucity of ...
Tree ferns in a cloud forest on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo Stratus silvagenitus clouds in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level, formally ...
In meteorology and climatology, a mesonet, portmanteau of mesoscale network, is a network of automated weather and, often also including environmental monitoring stations, designed to observe mesoscale meteorological phenomena and/or microclimates. [3] [4] Dry lines, squall lines, and sea breezes are examples of phenomena observed by mesonets.
It formed the central part of the huge Orjen ice-cap. [1] With ice reaching approximately 430 m thinkness, several short valley glaceriers were formed at the margin of the ice-cap. The Borovi do has a remarkable microclimate as it sustains a major cold-air pool for the whole of the Dinaric mountain range.
Because temperature declines with increased elevation, the varying topography of the mountains forms microclimates that mimic both northern and southern latitudes. [5] This has combined with a relatively stable year-round climate to enable northern and southern species to live in close proximity each other, lending the rainforest its high ...
Whether or not you've seen them in Alaska or Greenland, the spectacular aurora borealis — or, the northern lights — are a mystical, fascinating sight.
An off-duty police officer raped a woman at his home after meeting her through a dating website, a court has heard. Exeter Crown Court heard Stuart Mines, 49, had non-consensual intercourse with a ...
The Petaluma Gap affects wind patterns (and thus microclimates and air quality) in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fresh marine air generally blows eastward through the gap, branching into southward and northward streams which blow toward the Carquinez Strait and Santa Rosa respectively. The southward stream brings marine air overland into the ...