... winter there are periods of cold weather which may last from one week to two months. In the summer, rain falls heavier, but it doesn't fall often at that time of the year. The participation is distributed evenly over the whole year. Definition of 'climate' and 'micro-climate'. Climate means: 'the regular weather conditions of a certain area, measured over a period of time.(usually 30 years). It is the expected, rather than the actual, conditions for a place. Micro-climate means: The climate of the lower two metres of the atmosphere and the upper 0.5 metre of the soil. Considerable influences of microclimate are vegetation e.g. trees and bushes. Also aspect might be of influence to the microclimate. It is measured on a much smaller area than 'climate' is measured. On the next page the method can be found of how we are trying to determine the microclimate around the ISSE. METHOD To get all the information to ...

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