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Drag and drop the mv_track.mv icon onto the map .
This will to add the track of Hurricane Nadine.
In the plot window, use the play button in the animation controls 
to animate the map and follow the development and track of Hurricane Nadine.
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Compare the animation of the z500 and mslp fields with Figure 1. from Pantillon et al. Q. When does the cut-off low form (see z500)? |
Task 3: Changing the map geographical area
Right-click on 'an_1x1.mv' icon and select 'Edit'.
In the edit window that appears
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Animate the storm on this smaller geographical map.
Task 4: Wind fields, sea-surface temperature (SST)
The 'an_2x2.mv' icon allows for plotting plots up to 4 separate figures on a single frame. This task uses this icon to plot multiple fields.
Right-click on the 'an_2x2.mv' icon and select the 'Edit' menu item.
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Q. What do you notice about the SST field? |
Task 5: Satellite images
Open the folder 'satellite' by doubling clicking ' (back in the top level folder 'openifs_2018') (scroll the window if it is not visible).
This folder contains satellite images (water vapour, infra-red, false colour) for 00Z on 20-09-2012 and animations of the infra-red and water vapour images. The animations go beyond the 20-09-2012.
Double click the images to display them.
Use the an_1x1.mv and/or the an_2x2.mv macros to compare the ECMWF analyses with the satellite images.
Task 6: Cross-sections
The last task in this exercise is to look at cross-sections through Hurricane Nadine and the cut-off low.
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