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Hurricane Katrina Visualizations

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Hurricane Katrina Model Forecast (2005)

image 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

image 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

image 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

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last modified: April 27 2006.