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On 10/15/2013 3:31 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 15-10-2013 9:24, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
>>> On 14-10-2013 18:25, posfan12 wrote:
>>>> I've tweaked the landscape a bit and added two belts of clouds. I'm not
>>>> sure the two belts make sense on the ringworld. On Earth there is one
>>>> cloud belt around the equator, and several jet streams I think.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nice one. I don't think the two belts make any sense on the Ringworld as
>>> the whole surface is equally illuminated by the sun. There are no
>>> climate bands.
>>
>> Maybe not described in the book, but climate bands would be the sort
>> of thing
>> the engineers might implement anyway, judging by other design choices!
>>
> Ah! That's an interesting idea indeed. That might certainly be correct.
>
> Thomas
There might be friction along the wall edges. Very minor friction maybe.
Plus, cloud density might be greater or less (I don't know) over water
than over land.
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