Some movies from "Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather"

Anticipating that some viewers might appreciate the opportunity for a more leisurely inspection, I offer here some movies employed in Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather, published by The Teaching Company. These are animations that I made, using numerical models or other freely available online sources. Click on the images to spawn animations in new windows.

Movies created by others that I used with permission are also linked below. Please report broken and dead links to me.

Lecture 1

	Water vapor satellite imagery showing shear instability. Animated GIF. From NOAA satellite imagery.
	Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Animated GIF. Made using the DTDM model and GrADS.
	The "Perfect Storm". Animated GIF. Made using the MM5 model and Vis5D.

Lecture 3

Ozone hole maps and movies.  (External link.)

Lecture 6

Simulation of the Santa Ana winds. Animated GIF. Made using the MM5 model and Vis5D.

Lecture 9

	A movie of a multicellular thunderstorm. QuickTime movie from digital camera by Robert Fovell. Requires QuickTime.
	Mojave cloud movie. QuickTime movie from digital camera by Robert Fovell. Requires QuickTime.

Lecture 10

NOAA visible satellite imagery centered on South Florida. QuickTime movie from archived imagery. Requires QuickTime.

Lecture 15

500 mb map sequence for December, 2007. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.

Lecture 18

	Radar imagery from Lincoln, NE, NEXRAD radar for 8 July 2003. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.
	Radar imagery from Laughlin Air Force Base, TX, NEXRAD radar for 9 May 2009. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.
	Radar imagery for 2-3 April 2006. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.

Lecture 19

	Radar imagery for 23-24 April 2003. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.
	Radar imagery from Lubbock, TX, NEXRAD radar for 9 May 2006. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.
	Animation of a supercell thunderstorm: cloud outline. Animated GIF. Made using the ARPS model and Vis5D.
	Animation of a supercell thunderstorm: response to straight hodograph. Requires QuickTime. Made using the ARPS model and Vis5D.
	Animation of a supercell thunderstorm: response to curved hodograph. Requires QuickTime. Made using the ARPS model and Vis5D.
	Animation of a supercell thunderstorm: intense updraft outline. Animated GIF. Made using the ARPS model and Vis5D.
	Animation of a supercell thunderstorm: tornado-lile vortex. Requires QuickTime. Made using the ARPS model and Vis5D.

Lecture 20

Animation of average monthly sea surface temperature (SST). Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.

NASA animations of El Nino using radar altimetry.  (External link.)

Lecture 21

	Radar imagery from Lake Charles, LA, NEXRAD radar of Hurricane Rita (2005). Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.
	Simulation of hurricane development. Animated GIF. Made using the WRF model and GrADS.
	Animation of average monthly sea surface temperature (SST) exceeding 27C. Animated GIF. From data provided by NOAA.

Tropical cyclone track maps from NOAA.

Lecture 23

Time series from the Lorenz model. Animated GIF. Coded by Robert Fovell.

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