A new perspective and theory on weather generation on Planet Earth
Introduction
I know that the title is haughty but I believe it to be true. An objective observer must acknowledge that current weather theories are lacking. Empirical methods are the reason. The promulgation of basic theories from previous centuries are the root cause. Historic data is fine and dandy but a cogent complete and comprehensive theory can provide insights that historic models can never reveal.
Any contemporary discussion of Hadley Cells, Polar Cells and Ferrel Cells hears about the concept of ground level air rising thousands of feet traveling thousands of miles and descending thousands of feet before settling to ground level to create mid-latitude weather. There is also the theory that vertical axis tornado vortices are somehow formed from horizontal ground level vortices.
This is a single theory of weather that not only reconciles the energy budgets of highs, lows, storms, clouds, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes but is compatible with earth’s natural processes which are so continually fascinating and often horrifying . The groundbreaking basis of this novel theory is horizontal or tangential weather. The premise of horizontal weather is, “Weather is generated close to the ground.” This theory was developed as a result of a study of tornadoes.
This work will be a success if it promotes an improved simulation model. Simulation is the process of reducing an entity to computer terms so that a computer can successfully provide a predictive indication of the entity’s design, operation, appearance, capabilities and/or cost.
If you can’t model it, you don’t understand it; no matter what it is. I spent my professional life as an electrical engineer. We used a tool called SPICE, which provided the capability to test electronic circuits before touching a soldering iron to a printed circuit board. Those of us that used the tool built better projects, which lasted longer. Various every day products still have some of the embedded code I wrote decades ago. We even wrote code to run on simulated circuits before hardware was designed and committed to production.
| I have a background in simulation especially Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE). Berkeley wrote the original and most commonly used SPICE program. Originally it had no provisions for simulating Integrated Circuits except as individual components. I personally have a copy of Berkeley’s 3F5 Spice distribution. It was on 3.5″ floppy disks. I never worked up the courage to modify any of its code. I’m in awe of the revelatory work involved both in mathematics and coding.
I wrote a book on SPICE after I retired. The book is obsolete now but dealt with adding SPICE functionality to a free commercially available printed circuit board layout program. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/ w/pcbartist-2-with-ltspice-designers-guide-david-lee-hunt/1116010109 ISBN-13: 9781489505323 |
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The book is obsolete.
A good weather model should be able to work from a snapshot of weather conditions to predict future events. Specifically, a good weather model should use historic data only as a check on current performance.
Major sections of this work are:
- The objective – Explanation of why I write this paper. (It is a work in progress.)
- Abstract – Either the world’s longest abstract or a comprehensive introduction.
- Real world – Derivation of tangential field forces.
- Background and terms – Common information defined and described
- Vertical weather – Weather controlled by earth’s gravitational field.
- Horizontal weather – Weather controlled by earth’s tangential centripetal field.
- Vertical weather in Florida’s Peninsula – A close look at daily offshore winds
- Localized weather fronts – Florida
- Windmill efficacy harvesting offshore daily winds
- Global warming – Let’s take a closer look at this subject. After this new theory should we take a new look?
- Quick derivation of the horizontal force formula – Just the equations man!
- The effects of windmills on weather – A special attachment, “windmills are free energy, right?”
The work is all mine and I take full responsibility.
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David Hunt
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