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This video contains no audio. It shows a sped-up animated cloud simulation of the BARRA_SY and BARRA_R models.

Automatic high-resolution reanalysis for Australia (BARRA)

30 September 2024

Video showing BARRA computer simulation of cloud cover at two resolutions: 12 km and 1.5 km. The 1.5 km resolution shows much more detail.