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Figure 9-20.
Tracking hurricane Sandy
The visualization was developed taking real-time time meteorological data to track
the path of the hurricane in real-time.
From the visualization above, you can see Atlantic City and Philadelphia were
directly in the path. Using further meteorological data, analysis of the local weather
conditions during the passage of Hurricane Sandy is shown in Figure
9-21
. Atlantic city
experienced a faster and larger drop in barometric pressure during the same time period
as compared to Philadelphia adding to the obvious ocean front sea wall effects and
causing a greater scale of destruction in Atlantic City compared to Philadelphia (refer to
Figure
9-22
for a comparison of wind speeds over the same period).
