A Sharper View of Hurricanes (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

A Sharper View of Hurricanes

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Figure shows an example of a hurricane computer simulation generated by the Rosenstiel School team. The colors indicate water vapor in a vertical column of the atmosphere, where the dark red areas would indicate extremely heavy rainfall. The small size of each pixel, 3 km x 3 km provides remarkably accurate detail in the storm. In comparison, the number of pixels in an image used to represent storms in global climate models are typically 100 km x 100 km, at best.

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