+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation fvGCM Climate Model of Hurricane Frances and other storms This animation illustrates the output of NASA's finite-volume General Circulation Model (fvGCM) which is a global, 1/4 degree atmospheric model. Three dimensional volumetric representations of tropical cyclones are shown around the world including: Hurricane Francis in the Western Atlantic, Tropical Depression Ivan in the Eastern Atlantic, Tropical Cyclone Pheobe in the Indian Ocean, and Super Typhoon Songda in the Western North Pacific. The structures are defined by areas of high wind speeds. The colors represent total precipitable water (blue is low, red is high).    Volumetric tropical cyclones around the world Duration: 24.0 seconds Available formats:   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames   720x486 (30 fps) Frames   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   10 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   17 MB   1280x720 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   52 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   320x240     JPEG         5 KB How to play our movies    3D volumetric visualization of Hurricane Frances Available formats:   3200 x 2400     TIFF 5 MB   160 x 80           PNG 19 KB   320 x 240         JPEG 7 KB   80 x 40             PNG   5 KB Animation Number: 3064 Animators: Greg Shirah (SVS) (Lead)   James W. Williams (SVS) Completed: 2004-11-03 Scientist: William Putman (NASA/GSFC) Instrument: Airborne Topographic Mapper Data set: fvGCM Series: fvGCM Keywords: SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Hurricane SVS >> Hurricane Ivan SVS >> Global Climate Models     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: