About

Weather Canvas is a research visualization site for tropical cyclones, satellite imagery, and climate reanalysis. Site under active development.

Products

Rapid Intensification case study explorer — interactive WRF-derived storm structure and moist enthalpy flux visualizations.

Browse and animate satellite imagery for tropical cyclone events.

Gridded reanalysis dataset explorer for atmospheric and ocean fields.

Historical tropical cyclone track browser and comparison tool.

Interactive African Easterly Wave track explorer, 1979–2023.

Explore observational uncertainty in SAMOS ship-based flux measurements.

Track Saharan Air Layer dust outbreaks and their influence on tropical cyclone development.

Aircraft reconnaissance data explorer for in-situ tropical cyclone observations.

Browse surface station and buoy observations for validating model and reanalysis fields.

Developed by Matthew Weiberg, PhD student at Florida State University, under the guidance of Dr. Mark Bourassa.