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Animations of 25 Aug 2012
- 1.5 km model
- 340 x 340 x 15 km domain centred on Chilbolton
- 3-h period
- Vertical scale stretched by factor 3.33
- Liquid, ice and rain converted approximately to an extinction
coefficient
- Shadowing implemented by computing a unit vector pointing along
the spatial gradient of the extinction, then shading according to
the angle between this vector and the direction to the sun
- Rain rate shown below on a log scale between 0.01 and 10 mm/h
Animation 1: All cloud
Animation 2: Ice and rain only
- Liquid removed completely
Animation 3: Zoom into an 84x84 km region
- Aspect ratio 1:1
- Plotted region follows storms
- Liquid removed and ice extinction halved
Animation 4: Zoom into a 54x54 km region