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Date: 3 December 2013
The Climate of Middle Earth
Radagast the Brown1,2
1Rhosgobel, nr. Carrock, Mirkwood, Middle Earth.
2The Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, UK.
Correspondence to: cabot-******@
Abstract. In this paper, I present and discuss results from predictions at a lower spatial resolution (typical scale of hun-
a climate model simulation of the ‘Middle Earth’ of elves, dreds of kilometers as opposed to kilometers). Climate model
dwarves, and hobbits (and not forgetting wizards such as my- predictions are an integral part of political and societal plan-
self). These are put into context by also presenting simula- ning for ing decades to centuries, and the recent re-
tions of the climate of the ‘Modern Earth’ of humans, and port from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
of the ‘Dinosaur Earth’, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth 65 () summarises many of these future predictions (,
million years ago. 2013a).
Several aspects of the Middle Earth simulation are dis- Because climate models are based on fundamental scien-
cussed, including the importance of prevailing wind drec- tific understanding, they can be applied to many situations.
tion for elvish sailing boats, the effect of heat and drought They are not designed solely for simulating th