Weird deserts

It's not hard--all you need to do is look in the ImprovementInfos.xml file. At least I think that was the name...I was poking around and changing stuff myself.

You know, I should post the full mod that incorporates some of the minor changes I've made. Maybe later.
 
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I think that's loosely how it works at least. (So I guess the answer to your question would be "Yeah, kind of." ;) )

You can't take a particular example and generalize it to justify something that in reality (eg: in general) is not true.
 
Since this is boring and pointless to everyone but you and me, onedreamer, I've spoiler-boxed it to avoid cluttering up the thread.

Spoiler Off-topic time-wasting discussion with onedreamer :
You can't take a particular example and generalize it to justify something that in reality (eg: in general) is not true.

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I was just trying to help, man - and it was meant to be a specific (particular) example of a larger phenomenon. I'm not saying all mountains behave that way because the Cascades do, I'm saying that to my understanding all large-scale moutain-airflow interactions would occur similarly, and I had used the Cascades as one example demonstative of the larger phenomenon (basically the exact opposite of what you are saying I did).

I guess I don't really get what your point is supposed to be. I was just trying to be helpful and clarify and expand on your question, and I think I even qualified my statements with something to the effect of "As far as I understand ...", so what's up with the hostility?

Are you saying that you felt that your previous query was false before even submitting it, and are now upset with me for agreeing with it and attempting to explain more about it?? What would be the point of submitting an inquiry that you apparently now feel was false one post later? Could you provide a cite for your claim that this "in reality is not true"? Basically, did you somehow grievously misspell "Thanks for the information" in the previous post?

I was simply agreeing precisely with what Chipacabra had said earlier in the thread (sorry I'd missed that btw Chipacabra; I could've saved myself this whole nuisance. ;) ). Although you apparently don't have a problem with his statements, nor do you have a problem with your own "taking a particular example and generalizing it to justify something", you still feel it necessary to not just question my suggestions about the phenomenon but to actually claim they are out and out false with no refuting evidence whatsoever?

Sorry for the deviation from the primary discussion, all - my first post was just an attempt to elaborate on the mountain/precipitation discussion (and my last ever attempt to help out onedreamer); this one was my response to his response and I'll be done with it now and let the main discussion continue. Sorry for any inconvenience.
 
For more go to wikipedia, but I'll sum up:

Deserts are defined not just by how little rain falls, nut by how dry the region is. This is basically "how much rain falls in given year vs. how much rainfall would evaporate (even if it did fall) in a given year". Tucson, AZ gets about 12" of precipitation each year, but is so dry that even if it got close to 100" a year it would evaporate. That's a desert.

There are generally two conditions that cause regions to be that dry: They are too high and too far from a source of moisture (called Montane Deserts); or they are on the wrong side of mountains (called Rain Shadow Deserts).

Montane deserts
Montane deserts are arid places with a very high altitude; the most prominent example is found north of the Himalaya especially in Laddakh region of Jammu and Kashmir (India), in parts of the Kunlun Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau. Many locations within this category have elevations exceeding 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) and the thermal regime can be hemiboreal. These places owe their profound aridity (the average annual precipitation is often less than 40mm) to being very far from the nearest available sources of moisture. [these] Deserts are normally cold.


Rain Shadow Deserts
Rain shadow deserts form when tall mountain ranges block clouds from reaching areas in the direction the wind is going. As the air moves over the mountains, it cools and condenses, causing precipitation on the upwind side. Moisture almost never reaches the downwind side of the mountain, therefore causing a desert. When that air reaches the downwind side, the air is dry, because it has already lost the majority of its moisture. The air then warms, expands, and blows across the desert. The warm air takes with it any remaining small amounts of moisture in the desert.
 
Thanks, Thyrwyn! :goodjob:
You're welcome!

I work for a weather company and am surrounded by weather geeks. Deserts are often discussed, though not as often as snowstorms or hurricanes :)
 
My pet peeve is oases taking two movement. Huh? That's screwed me up more times than I can remember. And the fact that they block line of sight if you're on a hill.

peace,
lilnev
 
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