Title

Distributed visualization of gridded geophysical data: the Carbon Data Explorer, version 0.2.3

Authors

Kevin Arthur Endsley, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Michael G. Billmire, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

1-29-2016

Abstract

Due to the proliferation of geophysical models, particularly climate models, the increasing resolution of their spatiotemporal estimates of Earth system processes, and the desire to easily share results with collaborators, there is a genuine need for tools to manage, aggregate, visualize, and share data sets. We present a new, web-based software tool – the Carbon Data Explorer – that provides these capabilities for gridded geophysical data sets. While originally developed for visualizing carbon flux, this tool can accommodate any time-varying, spatially explicit scientific data set, particularly NASA Earth system science level III products. In addition, the tool's open-source licensing and web presence facilitate distributed scientific visualization, comparison with other data sets and uncertainty estimates, and data publishing and distribution.

Publisher's Statement

© Author(s) 2016. Article deposited here in compliance with publisher policies. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-383-2016

Publication Title

Geoscientific Model Development

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Endsley, K. A., & Billmire, M. G. (2016). Distributed visualization of gridded geophysical data: the Carbon Data Explorer, version 0.2.3. Geoscientific Model Development, 9(1), 383-392. http://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-383-2016
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