Definitions
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- noun The climate of a large geographic area.
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- noun The
climate of a relatively largegeographic area.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If I apply this analogy to micro and macro climates, I would say that I cannot predict the microclimate but can predict the macroclimate.
Scientific Consensus or Religious War?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The macroclimate is much simpler to predict, as a matter of fact.
Scientific Consensus or Religious War?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Within the biomes or zonal vegetation types, there are intrazonal habitats that are frequently associated with variations in soil moisture and snow accumulation, and that have a microclimate that deviates from the general macroclimate associated with flat surfaces.
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The sub-arctic macroclimate of Hudson Bay with permafrost, salt water, strong winds, and a deep, long lasting snow cover affect the structure and dynamics of its coastal ecosystems more than land uplift, the effects of which are more obvious in the Kvarken Archipelago.
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But, for example, if there were a long-term drought or a permanent change in rainfall patterns macroclimate, the microclimate of the microhabitats would also gradually change.
Species vulnerability traits AYDIN 2008
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But, for example, if there were a long-term drought or a permanent change in rainfall patterns macroclimate, the microclimate of the microhabitats would also gradually change.
Archive 2008-02-01 AYDIN 2008
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Hmmm, I would have thought California and Idaho alpine sites would have an alpine microclimate, which might be as important as the maritime or continental macroclimate.
Graybill and Funkhouser [1993] on Bristlecones « Climate Audit 2005
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This survey maps the soil, terrain forms and macroclimate resources for the entire country and provides information on sustainable and profitable land use, land management and Land Care.
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Liphschitz N (1986) The vegetational landscape and the macroclimate of Israel during prehistoric and protohistoric periods.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ella Tsahar et al. 2009
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[8 and references within] at various prehistoric (late Pleistocene) and proto-historic sites (early Holocene) also suggest that the macroclimate did not change dramatically, and that it was similar to today's
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ella Tsahar et al. 2009
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