Impact Of Forest Impact On Micro Climate Change

Forest Impact on Micro Climate Change

Introduction

Micro climate is the suite of climate conditions measured in localized areas near the earth surface’s (Geiger, 1965.) This localized area may vary by size from few millimeters to Kilometers. This climatic condition is very important in ecological point of view. (flowers, honey making process read). Forests playing important role in micro climate change in many ways. It reduces atmospheric CO2by absorbing which causes the temperature increase and reemitting thesurfaceemitted infra-red radiation. And releasing Oxygen and water in the form of vapor by transpiration process and reducing soil moisture evaporation rates by its shadows.Forest influences the quantity and patterns of precipitation and light reaching the ground. It effects not acquired uniformly for large areas even in a dense forests. Tree Covers are the major factor influencing the microclimate but italso depends on presence of stem, tree height, leaf structure and also depends on abiotical factors such as elevation, topography and soil type.

Microclimate Factors

A number of factors influenced by forests and also affect by the factors. The following list of factors influenced by the trees in forests.

1. Temperature

2. Heat Wave

3. Shade

4. Precipitation

5. Moisture

6. Humidity

7. Frost

Forest impact on Temperature

Temperature and temperature extremesare strongly influenced by vegetation cover, as forested areas usually cool down less during the night and limit daytime air warming (Chen et al., 1993; Flemming, 1995 &Geiger et al., 2003).The influence of forest canopy cover depends on the tree species andon the exposure, but also on the temperature itself (Renaud andRebetez, 2009). Air temperature below the canopy is acco...

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...he major factor which affects the micro climate severely. Trees intercept the falling interception, and it reduces the falling rates of drops and reduces the quantity also. Intercepted precipitation was evaporated on the leaves of trees when the energy is available for evaporation. And in the time of evaporation the area around the canopy covers temperature reduced significantly.

Moisture

Trees kept the moisture in certain level in surrounding areas of trees by transpiration process. In the transpiration process trees inhales the water by their root and exhales water by their stomata.This process is called transpiration. By the transpiration process trees reduces the adjacent air temperature by some degrees. This reducation rate can vary from tree to tree and species to species. This level of changes makes huge impacts in arid and semi arid environment.