Thursday, May 10, 2007

Domus Research (T5)



The image above is a satelite image of the Kakadu site. Kakadu has a hot/humid climate, that is similar to Darwin's. The local Aboriginal people, the Bininj and the Mungguy, recognise six seasons in the Kakadu region, which can be seen below.

Gunumeleng: - Pre-Monsoon Storm Season
Gudjewg: - Monsoon Season
Banggerreng: - Knock 'em down storm Season
Yegge: - Cooler but still humid Season
Wurrgeng: - Cold Weather Season
Gurrung: - Hot Dry Weather Season

The colours coniside with European Seasons eg. red - Summer, grey - Autumn, blue - Winter and Black - Spring. After gathering information on the wind direction we constructed a simple diagram showing the most prevailant winds all year round. It was found that most of the wind comes from the North West and the South East.


Information on wind direction and Wind Roses can be found at : http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/wrselect.shtml

I later found a wind roses for Tindal (Lattitude: -14.52 and Longitude: 132.38), which is not far from our Kakadu site. . While these are not exact, they reinforce our original findings and give a fair indication of the winds behavoiur all year round at the site.






http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/kakadu/visitorinfo/climate.html

The above website gives a run down on the climate in the Kakadu region. It contains graphs on rainfall, temperature and humidity, which T7 have already posted on this blog. It also contains average figures for the different seasons. Go on, have a look see.


The solar chart below is for Latitude: 12(degrees), 30(seconds) South, which will give accurate information on sun angles and paths for the site. As you can see, the sun is in the South during the months of January, November and December. Therefore wide eveas will be requied around the whole house to block out the sun from any openings, not just the North side.

1 comment:

Dave Harris said...

Very sexy research mate. Top effort for riding your bicycle in and showing us.