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	EERE Consumer's Guide: Landscaping and Your Microclimate
		When landscaping for energy efficiency, it's important to consider your microclimate along with your regional climate.
		If your home is located on a sunny southern slope, it may have a warm microclimate, even if you live in a cool region.
		Or, even though you live in a hot-humid region, your home may be situated in a comfortable microclimate because of abundant shade and dry breezes.
	www.eere.energy.gov /consumer/your_home/landscaping/index.cfm/mytopic=11930 (146 words)

	Microclimate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A microclimate is a local external atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area.
		Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavily urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun's energy, heat up, and reradiate that heat to the ambient air.
		Another contributory factor to microclimate is the aspect or slope—south-facing slopes in the Northern Hemisphere and north-facing slopes in the Southern Hemisphere are exposed to more direct sunlight than opposite slopes and are therefore warmer for longer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microclimate (410 words)

	History of Environmental Control in Museums and Archives by Microclimate Technologies
		To this end various methods of creating microclimates using passive agents and sealed cases were explored throughout the last century, including a number of attempts to create microclimate control devices using mechanical delivery of air modified by silica gel or saturated salts.
		This first Microclimate Generator was based on a novel RH conditioning concept that avoided the "spikes" and high maintenance of conventional humidity control techniques.
		Microclimate Technologies' accurate, reliable, temperature-sensitive humidity control units are now used for a wide range of applications in museums, conservation workshops, and laboratories around the world.
	www.microclimate.ca /about/history.htm (434 words)

	BBC - Weather Centre - Features - Understanding Weather - Microclimates
		A microclimate is 'the physical state of the atmosphere close to a very small area of the earth's surface.
		The Meteorological Glossary defines a microclimate as: 'the physical state of the atmosphere close to a very small area of the earth's surface, often in relation to living matter such as crops or insects.
		Generally, we take a microclimate to be the climate of a small environment such as a town, forest or garden.
	www.bbc.co.uk /weather/features/understanding/microclimates.shtml (817 words)

	ENVS 162: Physiological Ecology Laboratory
		Microclimate refers to the physical conditions in the immediate vicinity of an organism.
		Microclimate is important because it impacts the survival of plants from day to day and year to year.
		Clearly, microclimate will vary from species to species as scale dictates; wind speed at 50 m height is a relevant part of the microclimate for a redwood tree but not so much for a redwood sorrel (Oxalis sp.) growing in the shade of the redwood tree.
	www.ic.ucsc.edu /~mloik/envs162/Microclimate.htm (1029 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: Microclimate and Pedogenic Implications in a 50-Year-Old Chaparral and Pine Biosequence
		Microclimate created by chamise may play an important role in the decomposition rate of litter, but appears to have little influence on soil processes occurring within the mineral soil.
		The influence of microclimate on soil processes under chamise should be further investigated, considering its widespread distribution in the southwestern USA.
		Despite the appreciable differences in soil morphology that have evolved under pine compared with oak, the microclimates created by the dense canopies and thick litter layers (7-10 cm) of these two vegetation types were similar.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/Publications.htm?seq_no_115=161126 (726 words)

	microclimate
		Those scales range from the vicinity of leaves and interior places of the forest (the microclimate), to larger regions having open and forested lands (often called mesoclimate), and ultimately, to the level of the entire planet (global climate).
		We have also studied the absorption of sunlight by forests of different ages in the SERC area, forests that are damaged or intact, and forests in different climates.
		Parker, G.G. Structure and microclimate of forest canopies.
	www.serc.si.edu /labs/forest_ecology/microclimate.jsp (258 words)

	Met Office: Microclimates
		A microclimate is the distinctive climate of a small-scale area, such as a garden, park, valley or part of a city.
		The weather variables in a microclimate, such as temperature, rainfall, wind or humidity, may be subtly different from the conditions prevailing over the area as a whole and from those that might be reasonably expected under certain types of pressure or cloud cover.
		It is these subtle differences and exceptions to the rule that make microclimates so fascinating to study, and these notes help to identify and explain the key differences which can be noticed by ground-level observations.
	www.met-office.gov.uk /education/secondary/students/microclimates.html (1871 words)

	Microclimate Technologies
		Their active microclimate control devices are trusted by museums, archives, and laboratories around the world.
		Microclimates are used for exhibition cases, and archive and artefact storage by the world's major museums.
		Modification of a microclimate is usually easier, safer, more accurate, and more cost-effective than solutions that involve modifying the environment in an entire museum, gallery, or room.
	www.keepsafe.ca /mcgabout.html (96 words)

	Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology
		Abstract: Microclimate is the suite of climatic conditions measured in localized areas near the earth's surface (Geiger 1965).
		In seminal studies, Shirley (1929, 1945) emphasized microclimate as a determinant of ecological patterns in both plant and animal communities and a driver of such processes as the growth and mortality of organisms.
		The importance of microclimate in influencing ecological processes such as plant regeneration and growth, soil resperation and growth, soil repiration, nutrient cycling, and wildlife habitat selection has became an essential component of current ecological research (Perry 1994).
	www.ncrs.fs.fed.us /pubs/2055 (259 words)

	Combat Zone Envy - Make Microclimates
		Basically it's an area that because of its situation in the landscape may be warmer or colder than the rest of the property.
		The temperature, and thus the microclimate, is also affected by the amount of sunlight an area receives.
		One way to create a cool microclimate for summer is to put shade trees on the southern side of your property.
	www.gardenguides.com /articles/microclimates.htm (1910 words)

	Garden Gazebo - Microclimate Modifications For Energy Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Two factors are essential for a comfortable microclimate in Florida: 1) air movement for evaporation and cooling and 2) shade for reduction of surface temperature and heat buildup.
		The idea of using landscaping to reduce the effects of a harsh climate is not new, although the idea is referred to by a new term, microclimate modification.
		The orientation, or the way the house is positioned in relation to the angle of the sun, is the first factor to consider when modifying the microclimate.
	www.gardengazebo.com /microclimate_modifications_for_energy_conservation (514 words)

	Microclimate - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Microclimate, the climate of a small area, particularly the layer nearest the ground.
		Local geography creates a microclimate in Port Moresby.
		The rain shadow created by the Owen Stanley Range means that the city receives less than...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Microclimate.html (109 words)

	All Purpose Info Page
		Slope, vegetation, man made structures, and bodies of water are a few of the factors that influence microclimate.
		The north side of your house is often a microclimate due to the shade on this side of the building.
		The area at the base of a downspout is often a wet microclimate.
	www.extension.iastate.edu /polk/info/water/microclimate.htm (218 words)

	Greenhouse Heating, Floor Heating, Bench Top Heating by TrueLeaf
		This is because the heating tubes are close to the plant material and do not have to heat all the mass of a conventional buried system.
		If plug containers are less than 3/4” deep, and grown on a solid bench top, uneven germination (striping) may be seen unless the tubing is installed under a capillary mat, a layer of poly, shade cloth, welded wire mesh, or ground cover material.
		By installing flexible rubber hose for the supply and return flow, Microclimate heating is a natural for application to rolling benches.
	www.trueleaf.net /greenhouse-heating-microclimate-systems.html (1085 words)

	Microclimate and Pedogenic Implications in a 50-Year-Old Chaparral and Pine Biosequence -- Johnson-Maynard et al. 68 ...
		Microclimate and Pedogenic Implications in a 50-Year-Old Chaparral and Pine Biosequence -- Johnson-Maynard et al.
		Microclimate and Pedogenic Implications in a 50-Year-Old Chaparral and Pine Biosequence
		Effect of mulches on microclimate and turf establishment.
	soil.scijournals.org /cgi/content/full/68/3/876 (4633 words)

	MicroClimate Control System (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The MicroClimate Control System has the ability to provide filtered, temperature and humidity controlled air to single or multiple microclimates from one unit – each with their own temperature and humidity controls.
		The MicroClimate Control System receives intake air from the outside, or return air from inside the building and filters it thoroughly with several levels of filters.
		The first is a two inch, 30% pleated media pre-filter, the second is a twelve inch, 90-92% arrestance and 99.97% DOP efficiency HEPA filter and the third being an 18” gaseous pollutant filter with a 50% activated carbon and 50% potassium permanganate impregnated activated alumina media.
	www.outsideairsolutions.com /Microclimate.htm (1139 words)

	Microclimates For Your Reptiles
		those microclimates are actually provided, either regularly or as needed when dictated by changes in the ambient environmental temperatures, will not provide adequate retreat for animals, especially poikilothermic reptiles, reptiles who moderate their body temperature by behaviorally thermoregulating, by making use of
		Blister disease, and the growth of fungus and bacteria are not uncommon.
		Instead, microclimate pockets of higher humidity can be provided for most reptiles.
	www.anapsid.org /microclimates.html (1600 words)

	CorrDefense - DoD News about Preserving Military Assets
		In addition to its surfing, snorkeling, helicopter tours, and hiking, Hawaiiís beautiful weather attracts millions of visitors every year.
		The Army’s Pacific Rim-based corrosion testing takes place in a tropical marine microclimate.
		Pictured is a corrosion test yard on Coconut Island, Hawaii.
	web.lmi.org /CDmagazine/corrdefense_fall_2007_II (713 words)

	In the News : KFMB's MicroClimate Van (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now the MicroClimate Van has the ability to display live weather conditions from any remote location KFMB Meteorologists broadcast.
		Children listen to Matt explain microclimates, participate in lessons and are featured on the KFMB weather report.
		Producer Steve Schutte spotted the benefits of their "new and improved" MicroClimate Van upon installation.
	www.praxsoft.com /news/kfmb.htm (353 words)

	COLD HARDY PLANTS Growers and Breeders of Unusual Cold Hardy Plants
		One of the two survivors was planted in a warm microclimate, this one is doing great and started to grow April 7.
		December 23, 2000 - This plant is located in the cold microclimate area.
		January 27, 2001 - This is the sole whipplei planted in the warm microclimate.
	members.fortunecity.com /coldhardyplants/hardiness/yucca_whipplei.htm (544 words)

	MicroClimate® Environmental Test Chambers From Cincinnati Sub-Zero
		The MicroClimate® 3 is an upright reach-in chamber designed to simulate a full range of temperature and/or humidity conditions.
		This test chamber is designed to provide users with a compact chamber for testing small components and products for a variety of industries.
		MicroClimate® environmental test chambers are designed with quality in mind.
	www.cszindustrial.com /products/tempchambers/MicroClimate3.htm (201 words)

	AUTOMATIC MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPRAYING SYSTEM FOR MICROCLIMATE REGULATION
		Air temperature and relative humidity are the 2 most important environmental factors, which influence the expression of plants.
		Otherwise, spraying water can prevent the crops from the damage of chilling, frost, foehn, mites, codling moth, etc., The purpose of this system is to combine different sensors (including air temperature sensor, relative humidity sensor and surface wetness sensor), logic modules, logic controllers, temperature processing controller, and timers.
		This automated system according to plant growth models is designed to regulate the microclimate in the vicinity of plants to focus on economic and ecological outlooks.
	www.actahort.org /books/578/578_9.htm (159 words)

	Colorado Garden style
		Another characteristic of these areas is the creation of a microclimate because of the interplay of sunshine and terrain.
		A microclimate is a climate of a small area that is different than the climate of the larger area it is in.
		For example, the climate of an area shaded by a building is a microclimate.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /PTLK/1101.html (346 words)

	Riparian Microclimate and Stream Temperature Response to Forest Harvesting: A Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Forest harvesting can increase solar radiation in the riparian zone as well as wind speed and exposure to air advected from clearings, typically causing increases in summertime air, soil, and stream temperatures and decreases in relative humidity.
		A range of studies has demonstrated that streams may or may not cool after flowing from clearings into shaded environments, and further research is required in relation to the factors controlling downstream cooling.
		Further research is also required on riparian microclimate and its responses to harvesting, the influences of surface/subsurface water exchange on stream and bed temperature regimes, biological implications of temperature changes in headwater streams (both on site and downstream), and methods for quantifying shade and its influence on radiation inputs to streams and riparian zones.
	www.awra.org /jawra/papers/J04066.html (247 words)

	Microclimate Acoustic and Video Enabled
		Our overall approach is an iterative process of developing system components collaboratively with both researchers and engineers, and then building and deploying those components and having researchers use them.
		The planning for the investigations directs the design in each of the areas, and by using the whole system we discover the problems with the design as well as opportunities for creating new capabilities.
		There are four areas of experimentation and development of the microclimate sensor and image acquisition network:
	research.cens.ucla.edu /portal/page?_pageid=56,53368,56_53369&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL (379 words)

	Microclimate Acoustic and Video Enabled
		Last year we expanded the area of coverage, adding 12 sites with data loggers collecting temperature, humidity, PAR, and soil moisture, and we continued to operate this system throughout this year.
		The model is a first-order estimation and is defined as the product of the water status, as correlated with the color of the moss, the air temperature, and the light levels at the site, each of which was assigned a value of unity when that factor was not limiting net CO uptake.
		The data generated by this combination of technologies has immediate ecological significance in terms of understanding population dynamics of producers as well as herbivore communities and examining the climatic effects on plant distributions and primary productivity, wildlife Terrestrial utilization and reproductive success in a changing microclimate.
	research.cens.ucla.edu /portal/page?_pageid=56,53368,56_53375&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL (2278 words)

	News 8 [KFMB TV] : Community : Weather Wednesdays
		Now, Matt is heading to San Diego County schools each Wednesday in the News 8 Microclimate Van.
		This specially equipped Pontiac Montana is loaded with weather gathering equipment to provide students informative, exciting weather lessons.
		Tune in to News 8 on the weekends to catch Shawn Styles' microclimate forecasts.
	www.kfmb.com /community/weather/index.php (137 words)

	BSRIA Microclimate Centre
		The BSRIA MicroClimate Centre provides expertise in advanced computer modelling with the laboratory space for large physical mock-ups (either full size or scale).
		Computer modelling and mock-up testing can be used to predict environmental or thermal comfort in buildings.
		The MicroClimate Centre services are based on more than a decade of research and practical implementation.
	www.bsria.co.uk /microclimate (113 words)

	Welcome to the Niagara Wine Trail.org
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		The Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario have created a unique microclimate suitable for the production of World Class Wines.
		Experience the beautiful countryside of this area as you spend the day traveling from one winery to another.
	www.niagarawinetrail.org (150 words)

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