NCSA Helps NOVA 'Hunt for the Supertwister'

This image was created by NCSA's Experimental Technologies Division from data generated by a tornado simulation calculated on the center's IBM p690 computing cluster. HDTV animations of the storm produced at NCSA will be included in an episode of the PBS TV series 'NOVA' called "Hunt for the Supertwister," which is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. on March 30.

The orange and blue tubes represent the rising and falling airflow in and around the tornado. The tornado is shown by spheres that are colored according to pressure. The tilting cones represent wind speed and direction at ground level.

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More tornado images from the NOVA show can be found here.

 

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