Earth  ID: 3045

fvGCM Climate Model and Hurricane Ivan Track

Visualizations by James W. Williams Released on November 8, 2004
This animation shows the track of hurricane Ivan, in yellow, and a track in green showing the path of Ivan as predicted by the fvGCM model. The animation follows Ivan from far out in the eastern Atlantic, all the way to land fall in southern Alabama. The white cloud-like features show the cloud cover and total moisture calculated by the model and help to illustrate wind motion.
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An animation showing the path of Hurricane Ivan and the path predicted by the fvGCM model.
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A close-up, showing the track of Ivan (in yellow) at the point where the fvGCM model was initialized.
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A close-up, showing the track of Ivan (in yellow) and the fvGCM model track (in green), up the to point of land fall.
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A view of the full Earth, showing the global nature of the fvGCM model. The tracks of Ivan and the fvGCM model in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen most clearly in the full size image.

Visualization Credits

James W. Williams (GST): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
William Putman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Data Used:
fvGCM
Model - NASA - 2004/09/02-2004/09/16
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Winds
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
SVS >> Hurricane Ivan
SVS >> Global Climate Models
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Atmospheric Science
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Frequency
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0