Atmospheric circulation Map

[vorropohaiah]

As you know the atmospheric direction can change 600 to 900 longitude every ten days and randomly hence chaos theory

The Sleeping Dragon

never heard of this one. do you have any more information?

[Charerg]

never heard of this one. do you have any more information?

I think he refers to the application of chaos theory in meteorology (ie. the idea that the system is inherently turbulent and not entirely predictable). I don't pretend to have any real understanding about how this is done in practice, but I think the general gist is that minor atmospheric changes on the other side of the globe, for example, can cause changes on the opposite side that eventually evolve into major changes (the butterfly effect). I *think* it's primarily relevant to the formation and life cycle of individual high/low pressure centers (well, it's relevant to the whole globe, I guess, but the ITCZ tends to be fairly predictable), particularly in the relatively weak and unstable Ferrel Cell, though I'm not sure if there is an actual "10-day cycle" associated with this.

That said, this is a different matter from the atmospheric circulation depicted by you, which depicts an idealized system (although the cells do fluctuate a bit seasonally, as you probably know).

[vorropohaiah]

I think he refers to the application of chaos theory in meteorology (ie. the idea that the system is inherently turbulent and not entirely predictable). I don't pretend to have any real understanding about how this is done in practice, but I think the general gist is that minor atmospheric changes on the other side of the globe, for example, can cause changes on the opposite side that eventually evolve into major changes (the butterfly effect). I *think* it's primarily relevant to the formation and life cycle of individual high/low pressure centers (well, it's relevant to the whole globe, I guess, but the ITCZ tends to be fairly predictable), particularly in the relatively weak and unstable Ferrel Cell, though I'm not sure if there is an actual "10-day cycle" associated with this.

That said, this is a different matter from the atmospheric circulation depicted by you, which depicts an idealized system (although the cells do fluctuate a bit seasonally, as you probably know).

Thanks for that - interesting stuff! though very difficult to represent soemthing like that in a map, especially with my very basic nowledge of such things.

I will be doing another map to show ocean currents and winds on global scale (rather than an orthographic projection as in this one, which omits half the planet

[Pixie]

Interesting map, vorro. I guess you've been with your "head down" figuring out some climate stuff. If you need any help, let us know!

About this map in particular, I recognize the inner sea, but the map, overall, is too similar to "earthly" maps and lacks the graphic originality of your usual work. (in my humble opinion)