Lord of the Rings: scientist maps the Earth's climate Average
The doubters regarding weather forecasts form a kind of international tribe, being what unites them that embrace meteorology as a kind of divinatory art or simply fantasy. But for the first time can any reason.Dan Lunt, climatologist at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, have programmed your computer not only to predict the future climate of the Earth but also the fictional world created by J.R.R Tolkien â€" the Middle-Earth, the backdrop of the trilogy of the Lord of the rings.To reproduce the climate of Middle-Earth, the climatologist, an expert on climate change of the past, outlined a more detailed maps drawn by Tolkien and literally scanned it to your computer. "For a template work, all that is required is a map indicating the position of the continents and the altitude of the mountains," says Lunt, cited by The Guardian.The programs of Advanced Computing Research Centre of the University of Bristol did the rest from work â€" analyzed weather patterns of Rohan, Gondor, Shire edo Tolkien's world remaining for six days, or about 70 years in the model."The serious side is that the climate models that use, and others that exist, are based on fundamental knowledge of science, fluid mechanics, in the clouds, convection in the solar radiation and in biology. Therefore, these models do not just allow you to simulate the climate of the planet, like any other, "says climate researcher.According to the analysis by climatologist, who are fond of the work and the world created by British author, the climate of the mountain of doom (where Frodo must destroy the ring) is similar to the climate of Los Angeles â€" hot, with the volcanic ash to recreate an effect similar to the city's smog.The Shire, the land of the Hobbits, has a climate similar to that of Lincolnshire or Leicestershire in the United Kingdom. The climate of this region of Middle-Earth is also similar to that of Dunedin, in New Zealand, which suggests that Peter Jackson chose the wrong location for filming the Shire. "They made an error while filming in North Island â€" should have filmed on South Island", indicates the investigator. One of the conclusions is that a large part of Middle-Earth was covered by a dense forest if the landscape hadn't been changed by dragons, orcs and wizards.These and other findings about the climate of Middle-earth can be read in a scientific paper that the investigator wrote under the pseudonym of Radagast the Brown.
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