Comments on: The First Storm http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/01/03/the-first-storm/?src=fromthefield-rss NASA scientists are in the field and write home to tell about it. Fri, 03 May 2013 18:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr Alexander Jablanczy MD http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/01/03/the-first-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-28330 Dr Alexander Jablanczy MD Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:22:30 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=3494#comment-28330 Same as my other comment. Why dont you build a barchan and an antibarchan in the opposite direction for I found on my Lake Superior but also on lesser lakes ice fishing windbreaks that a single lazy C lets try (would actually suck in wind from
the opposite direction so it would look something like this from Byrds eye view.
c ) the c of course much less concave. The wind hitting the larger C.
I found also that 2 m wasnt necessary 1 m was enough.
So you could predict the prevailing windstorm direction and experiment with 1m 2m 3m etc windbreak with taller centre and tapered ends. And a lower antiwindbreak in the leeward side. You would have to try out if it should be 1 2 3 4 or 5 m from the tent.
It cant be that physics is different in the Antarctic than in the almost Arctic here in N Ontario.
Possibly my suggestion is wrong as the windbreak might actually attract more snow to build up but thats why we have trial and error you must try it out. Various heights shapes distances might make a difference.
Maybe you would need two parallel windbreaks the outer one much farther away and the inner one much closer so the more massive one would take the brunt of the storm. Maybe a forest of vertical ice pillars would work an icehenge rather than a single structure.
Should try these out. i am sure one of these would do it and you would have no wind in a 5O knot windstorm.

]]> By: PREABRUTH KANHYE http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/01/03/the-first-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-28284 PREABRUTH KANHYE Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:37:42 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=3494#comment-28284 Attention LORA KOENIG / PATRICK LYNCH.

I wish you a SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR 2012. I wish I were there with you at the ANTARCTICA whIch I’m longing to discover.

Please, tell me how can I reach you. I’m currently a Freelance Researcher in Climatic Phenomenon from MAURITIUS.

Thank you. See you soon.
P.KANHYE

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