I was wondering why South America and Atlantic southern Africa lucked out so much.
Typically, tropical cyclones do not form in the South Atlantic Ocean, due to strong upper-level shear, cool water temperatures, and the lack of a convergence zone of convection.
Now I’m going to go down a rabbit hole about why it’s cold, I guess.
For some reason, this projection is just really messing with me. I can recognize, with a bit of effort, the continents, but their relative sizes and positions is just making it tough to really follow what I’m guessing is an argument on storm patterns.
Can I suggest pushing out a visualization that uses an interactive 3d globe model instead of a single jpg? I feel like if I could scroll up and down between a normal sized Antarctica and a normal sized North America, my brain would be less confused as far as interpreting patterns and interactions goes.
I mean, they all have to deform something, mathematically speaking. Usually Antarctica is not picked as the least deformed area, though.
I wonder if this would be better centered around the north pole. I guess a normal non-polar projection would do the job too, since we’re very familiar with them and the fact they wrap around.
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