Earth ID: 3000

Hurricane Isabel Model: Clouds

Visualizations by James W. Williams Released on September 9, 2004

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.

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.

Visualization Credits

James W. Williams (GST): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Randall Jones (GST): Animator
William Putman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Data Used:

fvGCM

Model - NASA - 2003/09/14 - 2003/09/21

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Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Hurricanes >> Isabel
SVS >> Earth Science >> Atmospheric Science
SVS >> Earth Science >> Circulation
SVS >> Earth Science >> Cloud Cover
SVS >> Hurricanes >> Natural Hazards
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