Computer model reproduces birth of two real tropical cyclones.Byline: ANI Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): A computer model has successfully reproduced the birth of two real tropical cyclones that formed in the Indian Ocean in December 2006 and January 2007. The model, called the Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral icosahedral a regular polyhedron with 20 triangular faces, 12 corners and 30 sides, having cubic symmetry with 5:3:2-fold axes. A common structural form for the capsid of many viruses including herpesviruses, adenoviruses, parvoviruses, reoviruses, picornaviruses and retroviruses. Atmospheric Model (NICAM NICAM near-instantaneous companding system: a technique for coding audio signals into digital form ), was developed for the supercomputer Earth Simulator at JAMSTEC JAMSTEC Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology). The initial results of the model, which simulates the global atmosphere with a detailed representation of individual clouds, have been analyzed by a team of scientists at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC IPRC Identification, Placement and Review Committee (education) IPRC International Pacific Research Center IPRC Indiana Prevention Resource Center (Indiana University) ) at the University of Hawai at Manoa, JAMSTEC, and the University of Tokyo “Todai” redirects here. For the restaurant called Todai, see Todai (restaurant). The University of Tokyo (東京大学 . Given the atmospheric conditions that were present 1-2 weeks before the observed cyclones formed, the model successfully reproduced the birth of two real tropical cyclones that formed in the Indian Ocean in December 2006 and January 2007. The model captured the timing and location of the formation of the observed cyclones as well as their paths and overall evolution. "We attribute the successful simulation to the realistic representation of both the large-scale circulation and the embedded convective vortices vor·ti·ces n. A plural of vortex. and their merging," said Hironori Fudeyasu, lead author of the study and IPRC postdoctoral fellow. Atmospheric computer models with sufficient detail to represent clouds have greatly added to an understanding of local and regional climate, but huge computational needs in the past have allowed these models to be run only for small areas. According to co-author Yuqing Wang, UH meteorology professor and IPRC research team leader, "The high temporal and spatial resolution datasets provided by NICAM in this and future simulations will allow detailed studies of tropical cyclone genesis and evolution, as well as other weather and climate-related phenomena." Wang believes the results will usher in a new era in weather and climate prediction. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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