Talk:Climate and Density Key

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Smelchak Notes (2015)[edit]

  • Clim - Most likely climate at the 30th latitude (albeit biased toward Earth-normal), from GURPS Space and GURPS Traveller: First In - each band is at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit hotter on average from that below:
    • Tor Torr - Torrid (too hot for human habitation without technological assistance) "Inferno world" (a type of He Hellworld)
    • VHt VHot - Very Hot "Inferno world"
    • Hot Hot - Hot
    • Trp Trop - Tropical (hot + water = tropical vegetation)
    • Wrm Warm - Warm
    • Nrm Normal, Norm, Nrm-, or Nrm+ - Earth-normal; may be on the cold side (Nrm-) or hot side (Nrm+), including intermittently (e.g., ice ages) (a type of Ga Gaia world)
    • Coo Cool - Cool
    • Chl Chil - Chilly
    • Col Cold - Cold
    • Tnd Tundra - (cold + water = tundra vegetation)
    • VCl VCld - Very Cold
    • Frz Froz - Frozen (Ic Iceworld)
    • Frg Frig - Frigid (too cold for human habitation without technological assistance) "Cryo world" (a type of He Hellworld)