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    Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape route

    Sustained winds can produce a parting of the waters under certain conditions.

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  2. model simulation of wind and density in outer atmosphere

    Hurricanes that may reach to the edge of space

    Can a distant hurricane play havoc with your GPS unit? Scientists aren’t sure of the answer, but they suspect that hurricanes affect more than land and water.

    • Weather

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  3. In defense of mathematics

    Talea Mayo, University of Texas at Austin • No two days are the same for this student of computational and applied mathematics. She's working to improve hurricane storm surge predictions by focusing on how data gets added, or "assimilated," into a forecasting model.

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  4. UCAR Magazine

    A close-to-home wildfire

    NCAR's Peggy LeMone reflects on the power of fire in the Rocky Mountain West and on her own encounter with a destructive wildfire that torched more than 100 homes in September 2010.

    • Education + Outreach

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  5. Two satellite views of Atlanta that show urban heat island effect.

    Capturing heat islands in climate models

    A team of scientists led by NCAR’s Keith Oleson has incorporated urban areas into a global climate model. The development is important because most models used for predicting future climate change do not account for the urban “heat island” effect.

    • Climate

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