I've been using Cameron Beccario's excellent Earth Null School visualisation to teach about hurricanes and other things for some years now.
It occurred to me that it might also be possible to see the movements associated with Global Atmospheric Circulation, which I'm teaching at the moment.
This article has some useful information on the development of the tool and also provides some guidance on the importance of changing certain parameters to explore the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Here is a Skitch grab showing the flow of air at the surface along part of the equator, showing the expected Trade Winds blowing towards the equator, but actually 'meeting' in an area of slack winds just to the north (current position of ITCZ - the inter-tropical convergence zone.
Air pressure is measured in millibars and shown on visualisations as isobars.
The Windy website has just added these as a new feature.
This helps identify areas of LOW and HIGH pressure.
There are data for Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies too (SSTA) which might help show the possibility of El Nino and La Nina events.
It occurred to me that it might also be possible to see the movements associated with Global Atmospheric Circulation, which I'm teaching at the moment.
This article has some useful information on the development of the tool and also provides some guidance on the importance of changing certain parameters to explore the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Here is a Skitch grab showing the flow of air at the surface along part of the equator, showing the expected Trade Winds blowing towards the equator, but actually 'meeting' in an area of slack winds just to the north (current position of ITCZ - the inter-tropical convergence zone.
Air pressure is measured in millibars and shown on visualisations as isobars.
The Windy website has just added these as a new feature.
This helps identify areas of LOW and HIGH pressure.
There are data for Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies too (SSTA) which might help show the possibility of El Nino and La Nina events.
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