Volumetric Renderings of Hurricane Isabel based on WRF Computational Model: Top Down View

  • Released Friday, December 11, 2009
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This visualization shows cloud and ice data from an atmospheric simulation using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Clouds are shown as shades of white and ice is shown as shades of blue. Cloud and ice data from the model are volumetric, so a volumetric rendering technique called ray-casting was used to create the images. Winds are represented by moving arrows. Each of these data sets were from simulations at 3. 4 km per grid cell every 5 minutes for the East coast near where Isabel made landfall.

This is a top-down view of the storm that was rendered in layers. There are layers (with alpha channels) for the dates, winds, clouds, and background. This allowed for editors to control when each of the elements was faded in during post production. A composited example is included. The layers should composited in the order listed above.

This visualization was created in support of a video about the Climate in a Box project for the Fall 2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference.

Composited version of Isabel clouds+wind+dates+background

Isabel cloud layer only

Isable wind layer only

Isabel dates layer only. Date can be positioned where convienient; in the composite, the upper left was chosen.

Isabel background layer only

Isabel background layer only

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

This page was originally published on Friday, December 11, 2009.
This page was last updated on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:01 PM EST.

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