Calo-Mari Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 I was wondering if the climate banding system only applies for temperature in a region, or if it also can affect the relative moisture/aridness of an area? If I choose to go to the historically arid/humid latitudes on earth, is it more likely to be arid in VS as well? Or because that is more so related to Hadley cell shenanigans it wouldn’t take it into consideration in the climate model? Thanks!
Solution LadyWYT Posted March 31 Solution Report Posted March 31 1 hour ago, Calo-Mari said: I was wondering if the climate banding system only applies for temperature in a region, or if it also can affect the relative moisture/aridness of an area? If I choose to go to the historically arid/humid latitudes on earth, is it more likely to be arid in VS as well? I believe the climate bands really only apply to the general annual temperatures for that latitude, and not the rainfall. It's possible to have warmer or colder chunks mixed in--for example, the temperate bands can have pockets of cooler/warmer climates. Elevation also affects climate--the higher you go, the colder it gets. Rainfall determines whether a particular region is likely to be lush plains/forest or a desert. In the temperate bands, the areas with high rainfall will have better soil quality, and tend to support more forest, while the areas with less rainfall will be deserts or regions with low soil fertility. In the tropical climate bands, high rainfall tends to result in jungles, while low rainfall produces deserts and savannahs.
Calo-Mari Posted March 31 Author Report Posted March 31 15 minutes ago, LadyWYT said: I believe the climate bands really only apply to the general annual temperatures for that latitude, and not the rainfall. It's possible to have warmer or colder chunks mixed in--for example, the temperate bands can have pockets of cooler/warmer climates. Elevation also affects climate--the higher you go, the colder it gets. Rainfall determines whether a particular region is likely to be lush plains/forest or a desert. In the temperate bands, the areas with high rainfall will have better soil quality, and tend to support more forest, while the areas with less rainfall will be deserts or regions with low soil fertility. In the tropical climate bands, high rainfall tends to result in jungles, while low rainfall produces deserts and savannahs. Ah, okay. Sad there isn’t any sort of large-scale moisture calculations like that. Neat idea for a mod I suppose then. Would mayyybe try it myself, but I’ve learned by now that coding really isn’t a strong suit of mine.
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