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Still from simulation showing evolution of Hurricane Katrina
A still from a simulation of Hurricane Katrina. The National Center for Atmospheric Research computed a complex numerical model of the evolution of the conditions of the storm. The visualization was created by the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and shows the storm’s evolution over a one-and-a-half-day period, as the storm gains energy over the warm ocean. Volume-rendered clouds show abundant moisture. Trajectories follow moist air rising into intense "hot tower" thunderstorms, and trace strong winds around the eye wall; rapidly rising air is yellow, sinking air blue.
[NCAR is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.]
Learn more and view the full simulation Here. (Date of Image: 2011)
Credit: Advanced Visualization Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; NCSA AVL contributors: Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Alex Betts, Matthew Hall; NCAR team members: Wei Wang, Ryan Torn, Jimy Dudhia, Chris Davis
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