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Computer generated wind patterns
- fennecfoxen 13y agoSee also: http://hint.fm/wind/ http://hint.fm/wind/ (US only, but includes historical views.)
- aet 13y agoNo wind in Asia?
- yardie 13y agoIt's there but relatively light compared to what's going on at sea. With no natural barriers and higher hot:cold temperature gradients the wind is typically stronger over the ocean. Also, click on "earth" to change altitude (bar).
- acqq 13y agoExplanation is in the Slate's article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/18/global_wind_map_cameron_baccario_s_visualization_of_world_weather_patterns.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/18/global_wi...
- adriancooney 13y agoThis is absolutely beautiful. Great potential for a stunning screensaver.
- bostonpete 13y agoThe title (which I think used to say "super computer") seems misleading to me. "Computer generated" to me implies that it's the product of a simulation, which wouldn't interest me much (who cares about visualization of one possible set of wind patterns?). The fact that this is data based on measurements in the past few hours (according to the Slate link) makes this much more interesting to explore.
- molecule 13y agoprevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6924854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6924854