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microclimate Chiefly Ecol. and Meteorol.|ˈmaɪkrəʊklaɪmət|
[f. micro- 1 + climate n.]
The climate of a very small or restricted area, or of the immediate surroundings of any individual or object of interest, esp. as it differs from the climate generally.
1925Rev. Appl. Mycol. IV. 471 Temperature, absolute and relative humidity, aeration, insolation, &c., which prevail at various levels..are comprised by him [sc. L. F. Roussakov] under the term ‘microclimate’. 1934[see microclimatology]. 1951R. Geiger in T. F. Malone Compendium Meteorol. 994/1 We shall first consider microclimate as the special climate prevailing in a layer of air about two meters in height adjacent to the surface of the ground. In this layer friction between the air and the earth's surface plays a decisive role. 1958Engineering 14 Mar. 352/1 A basic item influencing the design of an air-conditioning system is the ‘micro-climate’— the climate existing immediately around the structure to be air conditioned. 1967T. J. Chandler Air around Us x. 116/1 Climates can differ from one side to the other of a hedge or garden wall, or from the base of a bush to its leafy crown. Such conditions are usually described as microclimates. 1972Physics Bull. June 342/1 Cool air is introduced into the microclimate between the pilot's clothing and his skin. 1973Times 17 Nov. 12 Provided the compost is kept always moist a moist ‘microclimate’ is created around the plants.
Hence microcliˈmatic a., -cliˈmatically adv.
1929Conf. Empire Meteorologists, Agric. Section ii. 131 The actual, i.e. the microclimatic, conditions often bear only a very remote relation to the general conditions in the habitat. 1952Archit. Rev. CXII. 323 The total site area (shaded) is over 45,000 acres but more than half of this will be devoted to forestry—for microclimatic control, for experimental purposes, and as capital investment. 1972Nature 10 Mar. 64/1 The immigration and establishment of local small stands of trees in microclimatically favourable habitats. 1974Ibid. 15 Mar. 261/3 The alternative explanation..relates the higher soil moisture beneath vegetation to the modified microclimatic conditions in such situations. |