Maps of the Miracle world

[L1qu1dN1trog3n]

Hello all!

Resurrecting this thread to add an update to my attempted climates. Here I'm trying to religiously follow Azelor's climate tutorial, as suggested. The complexity of the method, my perfectionist attitude and uni work are conspiring to keep me from completion, but I will persevere! Here you can see the 'influences' as described in the tutorial, as well as the ocean currents, temperatures in January and topography. Can I just check that I've done everything broadly correctly before I continue? Do these look reasonable?

Influences.png
Topogra[hy.png
Temperatures January.png


Many thanks for all of your help,

L1qu1dN1trog3n

[Peter Toth]

Hello L1qu1dN1trog3n!

First of all, I want to tell you how much I love your effort with this conworld; it looks absolutely fantastic! Like yourself, I am a perfectionist by nature and I'm always questioning whether I've followed someone's tutorial/instructions "correctly." Are you using Earthlike orbital parameters and CO2 concentrations? If so, the January map looks reasonable. I like the way you depicted the effect of topography on temperature--very professional. Have you considered using Clima-Sim or ExoPlaSim for more accuracy? I can testify that ExoPlaSim is the best investment I've made for my time, as the program is a GCM that can do a 64 x 128 pixel image in just over 2 hours on my computer. It calculates things that a human being simply could not, considering the complexity of the climatological variables involved. Other than that, I eagerly look forward to you finishing this project.

Peter

[L1qu1dN1trog3n]

I've always considered climate modelling software to take way more time to learn how to use than they're worth, though the sheer amount of time it took me to just do the temperature map for January is making me rethink that a bit! (I'm also studying for an Earth Sciences degree at the minute, so learning to use such programs may actually become professionally relevant for me in the future )

And yeah, my interest is far more in plate tectonics, culture and history than 'astrobuilding' if you will, so I prefer to keep all planetary parameters beyond geography the same. I've got enough work to do as it is!