As many of you have noticed, I have not posted to this blog in quite some time. I´ve been preoccupied with travelling in South America for the past 3 months, and have not made the time to post to this blog. For those who are interested in my personal travels, you can check out my other blog here. I have seen some
Hopefully when I return I will get things moving with this blog, but for now it is on a bit of a hiatus. When I get back I´ll try to post some information on some of the climatically interesting things I´ve observed while travelling (e.g., melting tropical glaciers, the driest desert in the world, etc…).
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1 Hank Roberts // Nov 24, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Happy travels. The contact link seems to be unlinked so I’ll leave this for your eventual return.
Seems like a simple question but I couldn’t answer it with five or ten minutes of exhausting Googling so figured this was the place to ask — where can I look up studies on how much of Earth’s atmosphere is cloudy at any given time? I know about the ‘adaptive iris’ notion, not looking at that particularly, more general info about what do we look like from space.
2 Sean Davis // Dec 2, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Hank,
the number is something around 30%. Search for a guy named Warren at U Wash. He´s done some cloud climatology work that should address your questions. Also, try looking up ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project). Sorry for the short answer, but I´m still travelling right now.
Sean
3 pedeee // Mar 30, 2009 at 3:01 pm
wish I was there, BTW congratulation for your another blog.
4 TMEAN // Jun 19, 2009 at 4:29 am
Hopefully when I return I will get things moving with this blog, but for now it is on a bit of a hiatus
I have visited your new BLOG
Great
5 Magellan // Jul 3, 2009 at 4:10 am
I just view your new Blog
Sean in South America
Great article
Love it
6 swedish // Jul 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm
We need more someone like you. Keep posting bro
7 cbolank // Jul 16, 2009 at 9:55 pm
keep travel and keep sharing the experience
8 gadget computer // Jul 22, 2009 at 2:24 am
just blogwalking. thanks Sean
9 HCMER // Jul 22, 2009 at 11:03 pm
“Chile”
“In the beginning of time, God created the wonders of the world.
When he was finished, however, he saw that he had many leftover pieces. He had parts of rivers and valleys, of oceans and lakes, of glaciers and deserts, of mountains and forests, and of meadows and hills. Rather than to let such beauty go to waste, God put them all together and cast them to the most remote corner of the earth. This is how Chile was born.”
- A Chilean Legend
10 Hood Coat // Jul 24, 2009 at 2:20 am
I don’t even know where exactly Chile is. But am familiar with some popular soccer players from Chile. Great country with great scenery.
11 Bodrum Estate // Jul 24, 2009 at 2:39 am
I do not really know how the whether is like over the end of the earth ? I can imagine it is beatiful place though..
12 jammer // Jul 24, 2009 at 2:41 am
I will be available for a long jurney this winter .. I might try to go Chlile this time..
13 CASUS KAMERA // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I have been in Chile many times . I love this country and i m planning to live there forever.
14 Bilgisayar Takip // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:38 pm
How is the whether over there specially like in summers?
15 Dinleme Sistemleri // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Once upon a time there were a great president in Chile who called Salvador Allende
16 Dinleme Cihazlar? // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:59 pm
In the 1970 election, Allende, running with the Unidad Popular (UP or Popular Unity) coalition, received a plurality with 36.3% of the vote. Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic won 27.9% with a very similar platform to Allende’s. Both Allende and Tomic promised to further nationalize the mineral industry and redistribute land and income among other new policies.
17 telefon dinleme // Jul 25, 2009 at 5:12 pm
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabelle Allande was a massive collection of short stories brought together about many different women. Latin American stories really bring out details and paint imagery in ones’ head. If one takes notice you can see the amounts of “local color” this book provided. In other words, phrases that were said in Spanish which not many of us knew the definition of.
18 dead sea premier // Aug 1, 2009 at 9:13 am
Nice, i am going to South America too .
19 CYBER // Aug 8, 2009 at 3:18 am
On the earth and look upon the sky
Here is CHILE!
20 Ben // Aug 15, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I’m bummed you don’t post to this blog anymore. For some strange reason, I love reading stories about hyper-environments. It sounds like you’ve had quite a few adventures.
21 Loser // Aug 15, 2009 at 9:42 pm
No more new articles in this blog
22 REHAD // Aug 17, 2009 at 12:56 am
keep travel and keep sharing the experience
23 iiclisbona // Aug 19, 2009 at 1:06 am
wow.. i think Chile is nice place to visit.. right ?
24 Bigo // Aug 20, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Any one there before?
Is it worth to travel
25 Daniel // Aug 26, 2009 at 10:54 pm
It just doesn’t cut it to call Chile a land of contrasts – this is a land of extremes. It’s a preposterously skinny tendril of a country creeping 4300km around the foot of South America: while Arica basks in tropical heat at its tip, Punta Arenas shivers at its icy tail just short of Antarctica. Nowhere else can you stand in the world’s driest desert (near San Pedro de Atacama), gaze at snowcapped peaks then turn your head to see cool Pacific rollers creaming inland. Follow Chile’s jagged Andean backbone of towering mountains south and you’ll pass through the ancient forests of Parque Nacional Chiloé, the rich vineyards of Talca, past shimmering lakes and immense plains, to stumble upon the exquisite labyrinth of fjords, islands and milky-blue glaciers that make up Southern Patagonia at the end of the Americas.
Opportunities for outdoor fun abound. Fancy climbing an active volcano? There are 50 to choose from. Prefer running white-water rapids or paddling through ice-carved fjords? You’ll be spoilt for choice. Come looking for adventure and you could hike, bike, ski, surf, swim, horseback ride and even paraglide your way from desert to ice fields. But you don’t need to sweat it to enjoy the best of Chile. You can soak in hot springs until your skin wrinkles, ogle at glaciers crumbling into the sea, stargaze alongside top international observatories, ponder the ancient mysteries of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) or soak up the urban buzz of Santiago or Valparaíso.
26 Vivian // Sep 9, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Let visit CHILE together
Have Fun
27 Vivian // Sep 9, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Lets visit CHILE together
Have FUN
28 Obama // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:36 am
Locations
Torres del Paine National Park
You haven’t really travel to Chile unless you had seen the breathtaking landscapes placed in the southern ends of the world. It can be a life changing experience.
29 leewarren // Sep 18, 2009 at 10:48 am
Wow…. I have never visit Chile yet… but I love travelling… maybe your hobby as same as me… You know… I’ll visit some caves on South East Asia next month :)
30 luke // Sep 18, 2009 at 7:56 pm
is that really happenned in Chile ?
wow… you’re really great traveller
31 nmmv // Sep 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm
have you there before ?
it’s relly fantastic you know….
32 GN // Oct 12, 2009 at 12:54 am
Will discover chile by motorbike next year. I’m looking forward this event.
33 PageRank TM // Oct 13, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Never Been there
Great travel experience
34 insrilanka // Nov 6, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Remarkable City!
Do you have unforgotten experience there.
LOL
35 Gamer // Nov 15, 2009 at 9:46 am
The troposphere is where all weather takes place; it is the region of rising and falling packets of air. The air pressure at the top of the troposphere is only 10% of that at sea level (0.1 atmospheres). There is a thin buffer zone between the troposphere and the next layer called the tropopause
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