A Hole Where You'll Freeze to Death | Geography of Extreme Microclimates

Geography nerds can tell you that the most severe winter weather can be found on high mountain peaks, rather than low valley floors...but in some parts of our world, it's actually the opposite. Despite their lower elevation, these places are notorious for their extreme winter cold, thanks to a quirk of geology that shapes the landscape in a unique way. In this video we'll explore weird climates around the Alps, Rockies, Sierra Nevadas, and more. These are some of the Earth's most extreme microclimates.

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Temperature Inversion Breakup in the Gstettneralm Sinkhole, May 2003. International Conference on Alpine Meteorology. Bernhard Pospichal, Stefan Eisenbach, Reinhold Steinacker.

Formation of Extreme Cold-Air Pools in Elevated Sinkholes: An Idealized Numerical Process Study, April 2005. Günther Zängl.

The Climate Near the Ground (Seventh Edition). Rudolph Geiger, Robert H. Aaron, Paul Todhunter.

A Sinkhole Experiment in the Eastern Alps. Reinhold Steinacker, Manfred Dorninger, Stefan Eisenbach, Alois M. Holzer, Bernhard Pospichal University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Charles D. Whiteman, PNNL, Richland, Washington, Erich Mursch-Radlgruber, Agricultural University, Vienna, Austria.

Mountains & Man: A Study of Process and Environment. Larry W. Price.

Microclimate, Vegetation, & Fauna. Ph. Stoutjesdijk, J.J. Barkman.

Minimum Temperatures, Diurnal Temperature Ranges, and Temperature Inversions in Limestone Sinkholes of Different Sizes and Shapes. C.D. Whiteman, T. Haiden, B. Pospichal, S. Eisenbach, R. Steinacker.

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