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A hurricane's "hot towers" can increase its intensity by adding power to boost the storm's heat engine. For the first time, research meteorologists have run complex simulations of these phenomena using a very fine temporal resolution. They have combined this new simulation data with satellite observations to study the innerworking of the "hot towers" in never-before-seen detail.

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  • Amazing! I wish such videos were on the top viewed page, instead of stupidity evoking 'works of art'.

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  • so this explains some of our atmosphere loss...

  • That is way cool. Primo weather nerd stuff! I love it.

  • can this theory be turned into a technology, it would lift anything efficiently, amazing works

  • This is amazing

  • Don't sweat it, I'm not here for the ratings :D

  • The tall cloud thing at 0:45 looks like Alfred Hitchcock.

  • Grr, I meant to give you a plus rating instead of negative. Sorry.

  • Nice graphical displays...

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