Valley Climates

Katabatic winds are the day time valley winds

• yebo

• yes

• no way

• is this lady kidding???

Valley Climates have the following effect on settlements

• They make construction costly

• They pick a side

• Aspect, Aspect, Aspect!

• They determine the placement of settlements!

Frost pockets form where the cold air ____________________ to the valley floor

• subsides

• subdues

• subdivides

• swooshes

Inversion layers happen when air is warmed by the warmer sides of the valley- making the temperature decrease not increase with height.

• True

• False

grapes like being planted on the shady slopes, just like trees.

• True

• False

• grapes like sunshine

• Grapes like facing the north

The SH does not experience a shadow zone in winter

• False

• True

slope aspect is the angle at which the sun's rays strike a slope

• True

• False

anabatic winds are the opposite of katabatic winds

• True

• False

Radiation fog is when

• the valley gets a gust of wind and radiates fog

• the valley sides appear to sweat from overheating during terrestrial radiation

• The valley slopes warm up and the cool air evaporates forming a cloud radiation

• The valley floor warms as the suns rays penetrate the fog and it appears to lift...

Upslope and Anabatic winds are the same thing.

• true

• false