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Beautiful visualization of wind currents on Earth

by ebahnx on 2/27/14, 1:23 PM with 34 comments

  • by deletes on 2/27/14, 2:23 PM

    Don't forget to click on the bottom-left button and check the different options.

    Example of a high altitude with temperature:

    http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/10hPa/ove...

    And many different projections, Stereographic is awesome:

    http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/over...

    http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/o...

    Please someone make this as an app for a desktop background!

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    I found this option for total cloud water[0] and the checked the weather in France[1]. Pretty useful.

    [0]:http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/o...

    [1]:http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/France.htm

  • by nkuttler on 2/27/14, 2:04 PM

    Beautiful. Reminds me of how I used to run xplanet as live desktop with bump and cloud maps (updated every few hours), accurate stellar background, etc. I wonder if there's something similar, more modern, with more possible data feeds.

  • by act9 on 2/27/14, 1:54 PM

  • by tibbon on 2/27/14, 2:17 PM

    This looks great. I just wish it didn't have to completely refresh when you turn the earth. Maybe in V2 :)

  • by cs02rm0 on 2/27/14, 1:46 PM

    Amazing. I've been tracking a delivery (Seiki 4k monitor incidentally) which I believe is currently on this flight: http://www.flightradar24.com/ABX2040

    It always looks as though the course they take is unnecessarily far north. I have to consciously remind myself that the map projection and the prevailing winds play a factor. This really does beautifully illustrate why they take the route they do.

  • by kfk on 2/27/14, 3:23 PM

    Some days ago I posted this: http://scalgo.com/live/global

    It's modelling all the water flow levels in the world using very detailed GPS data. I mean, you can model a sea raise or a river level raise.

    I didn't even get 1 point. OK, design isn't as cool as this wind one, but I think it deserved a bit more love since they process a crap ton of terrain data for the water flow modelling...

  • by benjoffe on 2/27/14, 2:08 PM

    This is a very similar style to parts of this incredible visualisation of Earth weather http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COWE6sMzdqI

  • by T-zex on 2/27/14, 2:16 PM

    Well done! Interestingly there is a tornado like structure in the Crimean area.

  • by mxfh on 2/27/14, 1:59 PM

    other than that this beautiful web-app gets constantly updated with new data like

    Relative Humidity [%], Air Density [kg/m3], and Wind Power Density [kW/m2]

    https://twitter.com/cambecc/status/438674275285757952

    here is the obligatory link to the old discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6924854

  • by danmaz74 on 2/27/14, 2:07 PM

    This REALLY blew my mind. The the "Earth" menu at the bottom left - you can see sea currents, temperature map, winds at different heights... terrific.

  • by sivetic on 2/27/14, 3:39 PM

  • by boyaka on 2/27/14, 3:25 PM

    Noticed this tool on suspicious0bservers youtube channel a while back. He uses several tools daily to monitor earth and solar weather:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/Suspicious0bservers

  • by snake_plissken on 2/27/14, 3:35 PM

    This is amazing! What is being used for geocoding IP addresses? It's one of the more accurate returns I have come across in quite some time.

    Also, how live is this data? If the data is live enough, this could be immensely useful for small-craft off-shore fishing.

    All around, superb work!

  • by dewey on 2/27/14, 1:53 PM

    This is awesome. Is there a better way to zoom out than to click on "Earth" and choose another projection to reset the zoom level?

    Edit: Wasn't working before, Chrome restart fixed it. My bad.

  • by eegilbert on 2/27/14, 3:36 PM

    This is lovely, but I believe it's a copy of an earlier visualization by Viégas and Wattenberg: http://hint.fm/wind

  • by mrfusion on 2/27/14, 2:39 PM

    Do ocean currents follow these same lines?

  • by Link- on 2/27/14, 2:56 PM

    Aesthetics aside, how accurate is this?

  • by g3orge on 2/27/14, 3:10 PM

    wait. is this live? anything similar for clouds?

  • by cambecc on 2/27/14, 3:59 PM

    what the hell? why was this post deleted?