From: rstokes1@san.rr.com   
      
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   > For a big terrestrial planet** with the following attributes:   
   >   
   > 1) One bar surface pressure   
   > 2) Twice Earth's diameter (x4 Earth's area)   
   > 3) 1.5G surface gravity (x6 Earth's mass)   
   > 4) Earth-like atmospheric composition   
   > 5) Earth-like solar illumination   
   > 6) 75/25 water/land area split   
   >   
   > What would the weather generally manifest as? More atmospheric   
   > convection (Hadley?) cells? Bigger, beefier hurricanes on the broader   
   > oceans? How would the atmospheric compression due to the higher gravity   
   > affect normal vertical circulation, or wouldn't it matter?   
   >   
   > **Yeah, the planet may not be possible (I'd wonder why it didn't turn   
   > into a gas giant), but run with it for the thought experiment.   
   > Thanks for any input,   
   >   
   > Mike Miller, Materials Engineer   
   >   
      
   I'd think offhand that obliquity and the rotation period would also be major   
   determinants of weather.   
      
   -- Roger   
      
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