The simulation data was generated from a three-hour simulation at 7.5 m grid-spacing (domain size of 10 km x 10 km x 8 km) of a precipitating cumulus congestus cloud using Cloud Model 1 (CM1) with Lagrangian microphysics on NSF NCAR’s Derecho supercomputer. Model output, in the form of NetCDF files, was converted to OpenVDB volume files, which were then read directly into Blender 3D animation software.
This visualization was featured in the SC24 Art of HPC exhibit.
Hugh Morrison, Kamal Kant Chandrakar
Matt Rehme
Python, Blender, OpenVDB
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