Volume Renderings of Hurricane Isabel based on the WRF Computational Model (Three Resolutions)

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This visualization shows cloud and ice data from an atmospheric simulation using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Clouds are shown as levels of white; and, ice is shown as levels of blue. Cloud and ice data from the model are volumetric (i.e. in multiple pressure levels).

Three different reolution runs are shown as the camera moves in towards the East coast:

1. 36 km per grid cell every hour covering most of the northern hemisphere (volume size: 415x270x27)

2. 12 km per grid cell every hour covering central North America (volume size: 438x300x27)

3. 4 km per grid cell every 5 minutes covering the US East coast (volume size: 300x300x27)

This visualization was created in support of a video about the Climate in a Box project. for the Fall 2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference.

Visualization of clouds and ice during the time of Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel on 09/19/2003 at 01:40 UTC

Hurricane Isabel on 09/19/2003 at 01:40 UTC

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

This page was originally published on Thursday, February 18, 2010.
This page was last updated on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:01 PM EST.

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