Storm Lines 100 km and 25 km Resolution (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Storm Lines 100 km and 25 km Resolution

Caption

The maximum wave height in the time series above show differences in storm characteristics, including the presence or absence of tropical cyclones, when different resolutions are used. At resolutions of 25-km (bottom panel), the dark storm track lines are much narrower and more frequent, particularly in areas such as the central and western Pacific where tropical cyclones are influential. Many of these storm lines are wider or even absent in the 100-km case (top panel).

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Ben Timmermans/Berkeley Lab

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