fvGCM Climate Model of Hurricane Ivan (hourly/closeup view)
This animation illustrates the output of NASA's finite-volume General Circulation Model (fvGCM) during the five day period just prior to the landfall of hurricane Ivan.
The data used for this animation was computed for each hour. The visible structure of the hurricane is defined by areas of high wind. The color represents the amount of total precipitable water (blue is low, red is high).
Hurricane Ivan spinning through the Gulf of Mexico
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- William Putman (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, December 6, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Series
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[Airborne Topographic Mapper]
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[fvGCM]
ID: 357
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