Hurricane Isabel Model, Clouds and Precipitable Water
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Hurricane Isabel Model: Clouds and Precipitable Water
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 path of hurricane Isabel. The green line indicates the path predicted by the FVGCM model. The background is a visualization of the Total Precipitable Water predicted by the model, superimposed onto the predicted cloud coverage.