microclimatic
- adjective
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈklaɪmætɪk/
- Specialized
- Farmers in the region adapt their crops to the microclimatic variations that affect yield throughout the year.
- microclimatic conditions
Examples
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These plants and soil animal species persist together because of extreme microclimatic conditions (Rusek 2000).
Academic text (2000) -
The garden's unique plants thrive due to its specific microclimatic conditions, which differ from the surrounding area.
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These variables include landscape heterogeneity, microclimatic differences, rodent disease, local food abundance, and competition.
Academic text (2002) -
But using an approach based on a reference series created from surrounding stations means that the adjusted station's data is more indicative of regional climate change and less representative of local microclimatic change than an individual station not needing adjustments.
Blog text (22) -
Reduced tillage could enhance soil biodiversity, leading to greater disease suppression, and stand densities could be adjusted to allow for better microclimatic adjustments to disease growth.
Academic text (2011) -
At extremely high densities, trees suffer from overcrowding; at very low densities, microclimatic and other conditions may become unfavorable for germination and sapling recruitment.
Academic text (1992) -
Whether in Antioquia, Colombia, or Chiapas, Mexico, the microclimatic conditions associated with the crop, the physiognomy of the shade trees, the general gestalt of the productive system itself, and the human-landscape interactions display a host of similarities.
Academic text (1999) -
The microclimatic differences between the two sides of the hill influence the types of vegetation found there.
Surface Forms
Morphology
microclimatic = microclimate (transparent) = micro + climat + ic
The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'microclimate' with the productive suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
The word microclimatic breaks into micro- meaning 'small', as in microphone or microscope, and climate meaning 'the weather of a place'. So, microclimatic describes the 'small', local weather or conditions of a particular spot, which is why we use it for tiny differences in temperature, wind, or sunlight.