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Old 10-06-2022, 09:03 PM   #8
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Default Re: Gurps Space. Axial tilt and Climate

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Originally Posted by pro100kostya View Post
I think I can get insolations for latitudes (not every latitude, 0, 10, 20 and so on should be enough). Then I get approximate insolation for a planet. Then I get latitude/approximate insolation ratio. And I assume latitude/approximate insolation ratio will be equal to latitude/approximate temperature ratio. And I know approximate temperature from Gurps Space computations already. Thus I can get approximate temperatures for any period of time at any latitude.
You are going to have to take into account thermal inertia and the meridional transport of heat in the atmosphere and oceans. Insolation alone would give far too great a variation of temperature with latitude and season.

Furthermore, for an isolated black-body radiator, equilibrium temperature would go with the fourth root of insolation, not in proportion with insolation.
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