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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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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/...

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  • jure666

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

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  • TruthseekerYgg

    so this explains some of our atmosphere loss...

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  • Granny Fowler

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

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  • crimsoncoin

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

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  • Bruno Kyzumi

    This is amazing

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  • jure666

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

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  • catchersmitt0

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

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  • ThunderAppeal

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

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  • acook777

    Nice graphical displays...

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