Microclimates - Sudden climatic shifts over just a few miles

Microclimates - dramatic shifts in temperature, rainfall or both over just a few kilometers or miles. How are these sudden shifts possible. In this video I look at the five basic types of microclimates, with a particular focus on how closeness to the ocean can impact.

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👉0:00 Introduction and Titles
👉2:17 Definition
👉2:43 Five Basic Causes
👉3:00 Plant Cover
👉3:53 Built Environment
👉4:22 Slope Direction
👉6:02 Proximity to Ocean
👉6:44 Frost Free Oceanic Climate
👉7:53 Trade Wind Island
👉9:25 Cold Ocean Meets Hot Land
👉12:05 Outro

The five basic causes of Microclimates are plant cover (cooling within forests), built environment (urban heat islands), whether a slope faces north or south, altitude changes, and the proximity of ocean water.

The last of these has the most interesting effects, and I break this down further into frost-free Oceanic climates that enable the growth of subtropical and tropical plant species such as palms, in places like England and Scotland, specifically the Scilly Isles, Torquay and Plockton.

The second oceanic effect occurs in subtropical and tropical islands that are subject to trade winds, and here we find that one side of the island can be lush while the other is scrub or desert. I take a detailed look at windward and leeward slopes in Hawaii and Gran Canaria of the Canary Islands.

The last oceanic effect occurs when we have a hot coastal area next to cold ocean, as occurs in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, with California having the most well-known effects. I look in detail at how this affects the 30 million residents of the San Francisco Bay and Greater Los Angeles areas.

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