Kory Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The walls would cause a domino effect of some kind, I don't think weakening hurricanes at sea would produce any negative effects.They vent off heat from the oceans and lower atmosphere. You remove that, I'm sure it could it would cause much bigger problems as far as Earth's temperatures and convective circulations. There serve a purpose...unfortunately, destruction is a result of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The walls would cause a domino effect of some kind, I don't think weakening hurricanes at sea would produce any negative effects. If you start removing heat engines from the oceanic climate, that can have significant, large-scale effects. Would this limit southern convection during winter cyclones? Could be a boon to midwest snow lovers. Yes and desertification increasing the chances for another Dust Bowl is really worth extra snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdgwx Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Curiously I was just reading through this paper this afternoon and was getting ready to post it just now, but I see someone else already did! It is nice someone did a numerical simulation and it's no surprise that a 300m wall would have little if any effect. But, that 2500m barrier had a HUGE effect. It totally changed the dynamics of the setup by drastically reducing available moisture and altering the low level flow. I'd really like to see more of these simulations just to see what the long term consequences are and to better answer the hypothetical questions regarding tornado climatology if the United State's had different geographical features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 If you start removing heat engines from the oceanic climate, that can have significant, large-scale effects. Yes and desertification increasing the chances for another Dust Bowl is really worth extra snow. It's not going to happen anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 They vent off heat from the oceans and lower atmosphere. You remove that, I'm sure it could it would cause much bigger problems as far as Earth's temperatures and convective circulations. There serve a purpose...unfortunately, destruction is a result of it. You wouldn't mess with fish storms, only imminent land impacts. Heck, the US hasn't had a hurricane I would waste a dime on in how many years? The storms life cycle would be 99% intact, its only the last 100-200 miles where you could knock an F4 or F5 down to an F1 or F2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You wouldn't mess with fish storms, only imminent land impacts. Heck, the US hasn't had a hurricane I would waste a dime on in how many years? The storms life cycle would be 99% intact, its only the last 100-200 miles where you could knock an F4 or F5 down to an F1 or F2. Talking about hurricanes here? Not helping your argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You wouldn't mess with fish storms, only imminent land impacts. Heck, the US hasn't had a hurricane I would waste a dime on in how many years? The storms life cycle would be 99% intact, its only the last 100-200 miles where you could knock an F4 or F5 down to an F1 or F2. quoted for posterity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kory Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You wouldn't mess with fish storms, only imminent land impacts. Heck, the US hasn't had a hurricane I would waste a dime on in how many years? The storms life cycle would be 99% intact, its only the last 100-200 miles where you could knock an F4 or F5 down to an F1 or F2.It takes a while to knock surge down. Katrina is a great example. She packed nearly 30 foot surge with only category 3 winds. Weakening in winds doesn't quickly correspond to a weakening in surge. It would take more than 100 miles to knock down surge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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