Talk:Alpine climate

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why aren't there pictures or more details?
It would be nice to have an image of a mountain and then some data points for a presentation type.


 * Found several in commons, though an ideal photo would include some above and below the tree-line. —EncMstr 17:08, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Alpine vs Mountain climate
Is this basically the same as Mountain climate?Pfly 04:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, looks like it. Alpine climate is the technically correct term, and is the pre-existing article. hike395 05:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * That would only be true for mountains tall enough to not have trees. The Great Smoky Mountains come to mind as an example of mountain climate where there is no alpine climate.  —EncMstr 09:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Good and correct point. Now looking at the content of Mountain climate, I wonder if it should get merged with high altitude. hike395 15:32, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Specifically, Alpine climate is a rough equivalent to tierra fría. I think a merger in high altitude would be in order, combining the two "climate" articles into a nice climate section. Dysmorodrepanis 13:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I am not sure if both articles should merge because not any mountains have Alpine climate, only the highest ranges (or lower located in highest latitudes). The problem is that the Mountain climate is partially overlapping the Alpine in the Andes reference. In my opinion, the Mountain climate article should be extended but deprived of the Andes reference (at least the highest Andes) and both should have a See also section calling for the each other. Mountolive | Talk 00:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

there is also no parcipitaition —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.14.166 (talk) 01:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Lapse Rate
I disagree with the comments about the dry adiabatic lapse rate. If I lift an unsaturated parcel of air, it will cool at roughly 9.8 degrees C per kilometer. However, in a typical vertical profile of temperature in the atmosphere, the temperature as height increases doesn't cool at the dry adiabatic lapse rate. A standard assumption is that temperature cools with altitude at a rate of 6.5 degrees C per kilometer. 76.84.25.108 (talk) 04:52, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Köppen climate classification
The Wikipage about Köppen climate claffication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification puts Alpine Climate into GROUP H. I think this two page should be aligned, however I'm not a climatologist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.0.186.198 (talk) 20:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

potential resource
Retreat of Glaciers Makes Some Climbs Tougher by KATE GALBRAITH published New York Times December 25, 2011

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Mauna Loa record temperatures
By off chance do you still have the source where you found record temps for Mauna Loa? The NOAA page only seems to list daily highs and lows. The Feb record is much higher than the other months and I'm wondering if it's a typo for 65°F.  Daß &thinsp;  Wölf  00:54, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

The 85°F high looks like a typo, barring something strange (a near-miss of a volcanic eruption which would warm the local area?)... it is the NOAA page, and I am averaging the daily high and low as an estimate.


 * I managed to track down and add the original source of the number. I couldn't find anything about 18 Feb 2003 specifically but I found a news report about volcanic activity in late February, so I guess it could be a legitimate temperature.  Daß &thinsp;  Wölf  22:28, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

That would be a possible explanation consistent with a 'legitimate' outlier (that is, not a misreading). If anything, people are likely to reject an outlier in exchange for another reading. Figure that any full eruption of a volcano would destroy the equipment reading climatic data much as a hurricane would knock out a wind vane. Pbrower2a (talk) 01:59, 22 June 2019 (UTC).