Hurricane Isabel Model: Clouds
The NASA finite-volume General Circulation Model (fvGCM) was used to predict the path of hurricane Isabel, starting from a known initial state. The predicted path is compared to the actual path taken by the hurricane.
An animation showing the actual track of Hurricane Isabel, in yellow, and the track predicted by the FVGCM model, in green.
The yellow line indicates the actual path of hurricane Isabel. The green line indicates the path predicted by the FVGCM model. The background is a visualization of the cloud coverage predicted by the model.
The yellow line indicates the actual path of hurricane Isabel. The green line indicates the path predicted by the FVGCM model. The background is a visualization of the cloud coverage predicted by the model.
A global view of the Eastern hemisphere, showing the cloud coverage predicted by the FVGCM model.
A global view of the Western hemisphere, showing the cloud coverage predicted by the FVGCM model.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Randall Jones (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- William Putman (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, September 9, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Datasets used in this visualization
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[fvGCM]
ID: 357
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