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Vis > gallery > hurricanes > Hurricane Katrina Visualizations
Hurricane Katrina Visualizations
| Animations | |
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Hurricane Katrina Model Forecast (2005) |
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Several hurricane attributes are animated simultaneously for
the GFDL Forecast Model of hurricane Katrina revealing a cooling wake
in the Gulf of Mexico.
Large image (PNG - 3.4 MB) Animation (MPEG4 - 5.6 MB) |
Hurricane Katrina Model Relative Humidity Loop | |
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The three-nest structure of the GFDL Hurricane Model can be seen in
this animation of vertically integrated relative humidity at half hour
intervals between the model dates August 27-30, 2005. The magenta glyphs
depict actual observed track positions.
Animation (MPEG4 - 4.3 MB) |
Hurricane Katrina Infrared Satellite Loop | |
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Infrared imagery from the NOAA GOES satellite system have been animated
between August 24-30, 2005.
Animation (MPEG4 - 20 MB) |
| Computing Environment | |
| Data Size: | 5.8 GB |
| Computer: | SGI Altix Itanium-2 Cluster |
| Domain Resolution | |
| Outer Grid: | 42x150x150 |
| Intermediate Grid: | 42x70x70 |
| Inner Grid: | 42x64x64 |
| Project | |
| Scientists: | Morris Bender Timothy Marchok |
| Group Info: | Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics |
| Visualization | |
| Personnel: | Remik Ziemlinski Hans Vahlenkamp John Sheldon |
| Software: | MPlayer (Animation Encoding) Blender (Rendering) VTK (Modelling & Rendering) Python (Scripting) NetCDF (Data Formatting) |
| Additional Information | |
| High Performance Computing and Research (NOAA Tech 2006) | |
| Summary of Hurricane Katrina by National Climatic Data Center |