A note on the variation of dew amount with elevation

✍ Scribed by William E. Marlatt

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Weight: 150 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-1571
• DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(71)90104-x

✦ Synopsis

The phenomenon of dew deposition is recognized as being of considerable significance to the plant and animal ecology of arid and semi-arid regions of the world. An excellent review article on this subject was published recently by WALLIN (1967). His article, plus a brief perusal of the extensive bibliography on the subject, indicates that nearly all research on dew has been concerned with: (1) its measurement;

(2) its role on plant development; (3) its forecasting; and (4) its affect on plant diseases and pests. Only a very few studies have been reported on the climatology of dew. While unfortunate, this fact is understandable and is due to a lack of standardization of instrument and measurement techniques.

This report summarizes briefly the results of three growing seasons of dew measurements over a limited climatological network along a 340-mile line extending across the high plains and foothills to the Continental Divide in central Colorado.