WASP

NetCDF data format (tar.gz)

This tornado sample file contains a single time step of a first of its kind F5 tornado simulation. The grid in this file is 485x501x280 on x, y, and z axes; and is comprised of cells that are 30 meters on a side. This region is a subset of a larger domain that contains the supercell thunderstorm that spawns the tornado in this file.

Parameterizations for this model run were taken from soundings of the May 24, 2011 tornado outbreak outside of Oklahoma City. The simulation was performed using CM1 v16, running on Blue Waters (20,000 processing cores). It was executed by Leigh Orf (UW­Madison/CIMSS), Robert Wilhelmson (UIUC/NCSA), and Louis Wicker (NSSL).

Information on converting the data to WASP format

WASP data format (zip)
WASP data format (tar.gz)
Nifti data format (nii.gz)

This is a CT dataset that we acquired from a Western yellowjacket wasp (Vespula pensylvanica). The specimen was obtained from the Entomology Collection at the San Diego Natural History Museum, and was imaged on a Skyscan 1076 micro-computed tomography scanner at 36μm resolution by the Cartilage Tissue Engineering Lab, UCSD.

WASP data format (zip)
WASP data format (tar.gz)
Nifti format (nii.gz)

This is a CT dataset that we acquired from a three-spined stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus). The specimen was provided by the Marine Vertebrate Collection of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and was imaged on a Skyscan 1076 micro-computed tomography scanner at 36μm resolution by the Cartilage Tissue Engineering Lab, UCSD.

Example reconstruction using the WASP data format for rendering CT scan data from a Sea Dragon. Click on the image to the right for a high resolution image.

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