tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post6658421409144020108..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Weather System Mark 6 - Ground Eye's ViewAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-28009731775959044572015-04-10T09:52:27.285-06:002015-04-10T09:52:27.285-06:00I have contemplated those problems, Tim, but I am ...I have contemplated those problems, Tim, but I am not ready to solve them at this time.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-62840859518226930122015-04-10T09:02:34.190-06:002015-04-10T09:02:34.190-06:00I'm really enjoying this series! (It's all...I'm really enjoying this series! (It's all perfect timing as I had just started scrapping together tables for weather's effects, but hadn't come close to deciding how the effects should be determined).<br /><br />If I'm not bounding too far ahead of your exposition here, how do you think you will handle regions with quickly-changing versus slowly-changing weather? I remember visiting the Netherlands and Vancouver Island, both places where an intense downpour would last an hour before the day was sunny again, until the next downpour a few hours later; while in, say, Toronto the weather usually stays consistent all day. From what I understand this is caused by proximity to the ocean.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496502173819113887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-49154139079282588812015-04-09T21:01:25.222-06:002015-04-09T21:01:25.222-06:00Okay, I understand you now. Thinking on it, it wou...Okay, I understand you now. Thinking on it, it would make sense that the stations are spaced accordingly to account for the deviation in weather patterns.<br /><br />Sorry it took me so long to catch that, and thanks for explaining it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917132034290276877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-31787297291546148562015-04-09T20:51:02.672-06:002015-04-09T20:51:02.672-06:00Yes, sorry, I did mean "homo"geneous.
I...Yes, sorry, I did mean "homo"geneous.<br /><br />I'm hoping to make it clear that the distribution of data stations over the globe is determined by the necessity caused by global deviation. Believe me, for many parts of the world, the data stations are much more common and detailed - in part for topography and in part due to influence on weather by man-made cities/lakes. Search around on the worldclimate site; there is a table for east, west, southeast, etc; start clicking it in one direction (northwest towards europe, say) and you'll find many, many more stations.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-76627923312661270622015-04-09T20:21:28.795-06:002015-04-09T20:21:28.795-06:00One clarification here - did you mean homogeneous ...One clarification here - did you mean homogeneous climate, as in a similar climate through out? I only as as you then state that the deviations over large areas most likely do not matter.<br /><br />Also, I should clarify that I was wondering more from a data aggregation stand point. As most regions are fairly similar in climate over a fairly large area, would removing stations be possible to simplify the calculations while still retaining the desired amount of granularity?<br /><br />I ask this assuming you will be calculating a fair number of locations at one time, and thus fewer data points would make the process easier. However, if you are calculating the weather one location at a time it probably doesn't matter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917132034290276877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-83178280616391417362015-04-09T19:48:41.907-06:002015-04-09T19:48:41.907-06:00Connor,
We have to remember that those weather st...Connor,<br /><br />We have to remember that those weather stations are placed by experts far greater than you or I. If they feel that the distance is right to keep track of the weather in those areas, then they must be sufficient.<br /><br />However great the apparent distance, we can faithfully acknowledge that large parts of the world experience a very heterogeneous climate - I doubt that the deviations over those large, mostly flat areas matter very much.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-5298170455362532202015-04-09T19:40:36.748-06:002015-04-09T19:40:36.748-06:00These posts will save me enormous amounts of time ...These posts will save me enormous amounts of time when I get around to making my weather generator. Not to mention they are much more elegant than what I had in mind.<br /><br />One thing I would like to point out, is that you would make a wonderful lecturer if you could deliver orally as you do here. The post is well detailed but also very fluid, and well laid out. I enjoy your writing style immensely.<br /><br />On another note if you could choose the exact spacing of the weather stations what would it be? I am wondering at what point the spacing becomes to much, and where it becomes to little, having seen the map in the last post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917132034290276877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-31035624330743155052015-04-09T17:53:09.037-06:002015-04-09T17:53:09.037-06:00I wasn't doubting that, but point taken.I wasn't doubting that, but point taken.Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-86723883415452282232015-04-09T16:33:25.707-06:002015-04-09T16:33:25.707-06:00I tend to clean up the tables and the images for t...I tend to clean up the tables and the images for the public readers, Maxwell. That isn't facebook, that is Years and Years of working in journalism.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-52313341005333053592015-04-09T15:50:23.035-06:002015-04-09T15:50:23.035-06:00Well done. I am following this series closely.
I ...Well done. I am following this series closely.<br /><br />I always marvel at how well-put-together your tools look from the outside. Even with the knowledge that there's always something you don't get to, or can't cover, even with the knowledge that you propose system after system and it takes you years to get one that works well, despite all that it is still so impressive. The Facebook effect, I guess - we see many more of your highlights than your failures.Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.com