Hurricane Sandy's near-surface winds are visible in this NASA GEOS-5
global atmosphere model computer simulation that runs from Oct. 26 to Oct. 31, 2012.
The model works by dividing Earth's atmosphere into a virtual grid of stacked boxes.
global atmosphere model computer simulation that runs from Oct. 26 to Oct. 31, 2012.
The model works by dividing Earth's atmosphere into a virtual grid of stacked boxes.
A supercomputer then solves mathematical equations inside each box to create a weather forecast predicting Sandy's structure, path and other traits.
The NASA model not only produced an accurate track of Sandy, but also captured fine-scale details of the storm's changing intensity and winds.
Storm tracks in webGL
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