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29 Jul 2024 08:18:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help with macro(s) for simulating weather patterns  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 12 Apr 2012 06:59:36
Message: <4f86b598$1@news.povray.org>
Le 12/04/2012 11:59, D103 nous fit lire :
> Just wondering, does nobody have any experience with this type of thing, or is
> the general feeling maybe that I should do my own hard work? ;)
> 

No real experience here. At best a notion that the atmosphere of earth
is split in "cell", or rather bands (5): around the equator, at the
poles, and midway. the boundaries moving with seasons. The most complex
bands being the midway ones, with Coriolis and other effects.
Pole are "simple": expend on light, contract on darkness.

Rain/clouds starting when hot wet air met colder area: either another
cell/band or due to the local geography (such as an island or a
mountain) or local albedo (rain forest is self-supporting, as long as
its wet and dark... once the wood is gone, expect Sahara desert-like and
no return: it could turn into Atacama)

Also, a bit particular: nearly constant circular winds around Australia
main mount.
Not found on the other side of the planet. (but looks like Jupiter's
stable whirl in south hemisphere)

I probably miss a lot of influences too.

> In any case, I'm doing my best, and shall upload the results (provided they are
> worth it).
> 
> Also, when it's finished, I'll upload the macro(s) when they're done, I have a
> feeling that other people may have a use for them. :)
> 
> D103
> 
>


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