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Microclimatology investigates mean states and permanent repeated phenomena on the micrometeorological scale. These are small-scale circulation systems such as mountain and valley winds, land-sea wind circulations, and katabatic winds. These phenomena are the subjects of many textbooks. Therefore, the following chapter does not provide a comprehensive overview, but rather discusses some typical microclimatological phenomena. These phenomena are present under special weather situations, and influence the small-scale climate in typical ways. Many of these local effects are described only in regional publications.
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Foken, T. (2017). Microclimatology. In: Micrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25440-6_7
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