Microclimate Assessment of My Garden
My microclimate report of My Garden
Microclimate is the climate of a small area within a larger area, my garden. I was given the task of investigating the microclimate of my garden and recording what I found. The warmest place was site 3 with a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius In site 3 there is a low albedo so heat is absorbed therefore the temperature is higher here on a warm day the aspect of this site is south west so this results in this part of the garden being warmer, because places facing the sun are warmer than those in the shadows, in Britain the sun rises in the east and moves through the south, so at midday the sun would be directly facing south making my garden hotter. We use this to an advantage by setting seats up in the garden so they are in the sun to get as much heat as possible. The sheds create a bit of a shadow however that doesn’t cover site 3; the sheds also collect the heat through the day by giving heat off from the sun making this site warmer. This can be shown from the microclimate investigation because I found that this was the hottest place and the temperature here was warmer than other sites in my garden we consequently eat our lunch in the sun using the microclimate of my garden to our advantage.
The coldest site in my garden was site 5 at 7 degrees Celsius which also had the fastest wind speed. This is because the two walls create a canyon effect as the wind rushes through the two places to get past increasing the speed. The wind also makes this place slightly cooler from the winds. As the two walls create a passageway there is not much light getting into this area so the sun doesn’t shine much into this area, there is also lots of trees from next doors garden that provide shade making this area cooler and the next doors garden also has a pond which creates a slight cooling effect. All these factors in this part of the garden decrease the temperature and create a microclimate in my garden because the places have a varied
Microclimate is the climate of a small area within a larger area, my garden. I was given the task of investigating the microclimate of my garden and recording what I found. The warmest place was site 3 with a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius In site 3 there is a low albedo so heat is absorbed therefore the temperature is higher here on a warm day the aspect of this site is south west so this results in this part of the garden being warmer, because places facing the sun are warmer than those in the shadows, in Britain the sun rises in the east and moves through the south, so at midday the sun would be directly facing south making my garden hotter. We use this to an advantage by setting seats up in the garden so they are in the sun to get as much heat as possible. The sheds create a bit of a shadow however that doesn’t cover site 3; the sheds also collect the heat through the day by giving heat off from the sun making this site warmer. This can be shown from the microclimate investigation because I found that this was the hottest place and the temperature here was warmer than other sites in my garden we consequently eat our lunch in the sun using the microclimate of my garden to our advantage.
The coldest site in my garden was site 5 at 7 degrees Celsius which also had the fastest wind speed. This is because the two walls create a canyon effect as the wind rushes through the two places to get past increasing the speed. The wind also makes this place slightly cooler from the winds. As the two walls create a passageway there is not much light getting into this area so the sun doesn’t shine much into this area, there is also lots of trees from next doors garden that provide shade making this area cooler and the next doors garden also has a pond which creates a slight cooling effect. All these factors in this part of the garden decrease the temperature and create a microclimate in my garden because the places have a varied