Is there any tips on making a believable climate

[Xwtek]

My planet is basically earth and sun. I don't make a space sci-fi world, I make a fantasy world. However, I need to give a believable climate to my world. How do I do it? About the map, it looks like Carboniferous Earth.

[k1234567890y]

maybe look at the discussion here: https://cbb.aveneca.com/viewtopic.php?t=5655

[Xwtek]

maybe look at the discussion here: https://cbb.aveneca.com/viewtopic.php?t=5655

Thanks.

[k1234567890y]

maybe look at the discussion here: https://cbb.aveneca.com/viewtopic.php?t=5655

Thanks.

you are welcome (:

[Curlyjimsam]

The main resource for this always used to be Geoff's climate cookbook. It's pretty detailed, though: often I think in a fantasy context it's fine to be merely fairly realistic, you don't have to worry about the finer details unless you want to.

[alice]

The main resource for this always used to be Geoff's climate cookbook. It's pretty detailed, though: often I think in a fantasy context it's fine to be merely fairly realistic, you don't have to worry about the finer details unless you want to.

I still get nightmares:

... and here, once again, we see the characteristic errors due to Geoff's climate cookbook ...

[Salmoneus]

I think the cookbook is a fair starting point. I'd back it up by reading the relevant chapters of The Fundamentals of Physical Geography, which is/was free online.

I think the main problem with the cookbook is that it's not great when things deviate a lot from Earth, like having east-west coastlines in the wrong place, or a different inclination.

But it's a solid foundation, I think.

[gestaltist]

The best resource I know is PlaSim to be found here: https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en/arbeit ... lasim.html

It's the only climatology model I know which can be downloaded and use for free and won't fry your computer. Installing and using it requires some knowledge of the command line and possibly programming (since you need to convert your map to a format PlaSim understands). However, if you're able to overcome these initial hurdles, running this model will give you much more realistic results (in quite a high granularity, too) in terms of climate.

[Pabappa]

Thanks, Ive always wanted something like that .... but it's for Linux. Does there exist anything comparable for Windows?

[Salmoneus]

FT does climates iirc, but I don't think they're very accurate.

Iirc Anguipes was working on something, but I don't know what happened to it (or her, sadly).

[gestaltist]

Thanks, Ive always wanted something like that .... but it's for Linux. Does there exist anything comparable for Windows?

It can be used with Windows and with a Mac. They provide instructions on how to get it to work:

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The GUI (Graphical User Interface) and MoSt (Model Starter)
are written using the Xlib (X11) library and cannot run 
with native Windows.

There are following solutions:

1) Install a X11 emulator (e.g. the free Cygwin X11).
   I've heard from users, that they got it to work with the models.

2) Install a Linux in a virtual machine like "Parallels" or "VMware".
   Then use the virtual machine for running the models.

3) Install Linux (e.g. OpenSUSE 11.2) on your Windows-Computer.
   It can coexist with Windows and installs a boot manager, that
   enables switching between Linux and Windows at boot time.

Solution 3 is the cheapest (for free) and fastest solution.

I have a Mac and am running it without an issue (there are different instructions for Mac, of course.)

And no, you won't find anything similar for Windows. Linux is the system of choice for most supercomputers, and this type of software is usually written with supercomputers in mind. I was already happy that there is any type of this software made available for free.

[Xwtek]

Thanks, Ive always wanted something like that .... but it's for Linux. Does there exist anything comparable for Windows?

It can be used with Windows and with a Mac. They provide instructions on how to get it to work:

Code: Select all

The GUI (Graphical User Interface) and MoSt (Model Starter)
are written using the Xlib (X11) library and cannot run 
with native Windows.

There are following solutions:

1) Install a X11 emulator (e.g. the free Cygwin X11).
   I've heard from users, that they got it to work with the models.

2) Install a Linux in a virtual machine like "Parallels" or "VMware".
   Then use the virtual machine for running the models.

3) Install Linux (e.g. OpenSUSE 11.2) on your Windows-Computer.
   It can coexist with Windows and installs a boot manager, that
   enables switching between Linux and Windows at boot time.

Solution 3 is the cheapest (for free) and fastest solution.

I have a Mac and am running it without an issue (there are different instructions for Mac, of course.)

And no, you won't find anything similar for Windows. Linux is the system of choice for most supercomputers, and this type of software is usually written with supercomputers in mind. I was already happy that there is any type of this software made available for free.

No prob, I uses Linux.