Falling Snowflakes Melting Simulation
- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi
- Written by:
- Carol Rasmussen
- Scientific consulting by:
- Jussi Leinonen
- Produced by:
- LK Ward and
- Samson K. Reiny
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Animator
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle)
Visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Writer
- Carol Rasmussen (NASA/JPL CalTech) [Lead]
Scientist
- Jussi Leinonen (JPL) [Lead]
Producers
- LK Ward (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Samson K. Reiny (Wyle Information Systems) [Lead]
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Papers
This visualization is based on the following papers:Datasets used in this visualization
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Model Method
Model used to simulate melting snowflakes.
Credit: NASA/JPL
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