Re: [CH] Pubescent in the Andes
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:50:42 -0800
Just some nits...
> Notice that they are probably grown (at least sometimes) on fairly steep
> slopes facing West. This would indicate that they receive the maximum
> intensity of their light input in the morning.
Sun rises in the east, so wouldn't west-facing hills get no sun at all in
morning until sufficiently long after sunrise (the steeper, the longer),
hence maximum light intensity in afternoon not morning?
> Here is one I missed - it rains there A LOT. Of course - "DOH!"- they are
> on the Western side of the Andes!
Eastern side of the Andes is Amazon basin -- wet wet wet.
Western side of the Andes is Atacama desert -- dry dry dry.
Rain shadow must be on western side all along, so even relatively high
elevations on western slopes of Andes might not be terribly wet.
Everything is relative, of course. Only rainfall numbers would give a real
idea of wetness conditions in regions where rocotos are most grown.
--- Brent