#climatedata

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   mgilbir
   Member

   I just gave a shot at the dataset and came up with my first Processing visualisation.

   Global average temperature evolution 1701 - 2009

   It aims to represents how the temperature has evolved over time in different regions of the Earth:

   • North represents the data recorded by stations between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.
   • Tropic represents the data recorded by stations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
   • South represents the data recorded by stations between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle.

   I am preparing a blog post with some further analysis of the data. All feedback is very much appreciated :)

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   mgilbir
   Member

   The blog post I mentioned before:
   http://franchu.net/2009/12/13/united-kingdoms-met-office-dataset-preliminary-analysis/

   All the images are available on Flickr:
   http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgilbir/sets/72157622993137416/

   Posted 7 months ago #
3. 

   blprnt
   Key Master

   Cool!

   I think Arenamontanus is doing some similar work:

   

   

   As I said in his post, I think this radial plot is very effective.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   Arenamontanus
   Member

   The radial plot helps, although there is some arbitrariness in where to place zero degrees - put it too far out and everything turns into a circle (and the yearly variations get hidden), put it to close to the centre and winters turn into cusps. That is why I like time-delay plots. But I suspect viewers understand radial plots much better, since it fits our often geometric ideas of the "shape" of a year.

   The animation really works, but it is hard to see the slow trend. Maybe it would be useful if the plots left a subtle grey track of where they had been, making it more clear that the blue one has moved outwards?

   I really need to learn R, the plots are beautiful.

   Posted 7 months ago #

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