Simulated Nature Runs Its Course

  • Released Tuesday, July 31, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11016

High resolution allows the model to produce major hurricanes, Category 3 and above. Storm-D reached Category 4 status just before making landfall.

High resolution allows the model to produce major hurricanes, Category 3 and above. Storm-D reached Category 4 status just before making landfall.

Satellite observations show the actual tracks of all 27 storms observed in 2005. Later analysis revealed a 28th.

Satellite observations show the actual tracks of all 27 storms observed in 2005. Later analysis revealed a 28th.



Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS)
Hurricane photo from ISS courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center


Datasets used in this visualization

GEOS-5 Cubed-Sphere (A.K.A. GEOS-5 Atmospheric Model on the Cubed-Sphere)
ModelNASA GMAO05/01/2005 04/30/2007

The model is the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 30-days. GEOS-5 is described here http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5/ and the cubed-sphere work is described here http://sivo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cubedsphere_overview.html.

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