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Improving scientific graphics of
climate (change) data
https://github.com/zmlabe/ClimatePython
PALETTABLE CUBEHELIX
WarmerColder
NOW
Start of
satellite-era
WarmerColder
NOW
Start of
satellite-era
Polar Amplification:
acceleration of warming in
high latitudes relative to
the rest of the globe
DANISHMETEOROLOGICALINSTITUTE
@ZLabe
1. https://betterfigures.org/
2. https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/
3. http://colorbrewer2.org/
RESOURCES
LABEETAL.2017,CLIMATEDYNAMICS
LINE GRAPHSTemperatureAnomaly(°C)
:)
MAP PLOTS
YIKES – COLOR!
YIKES – THE FONT!
YIKES – SOFTEN COASTLINES!
YIKES – FIRE IN THE ARCTIC!
OKAY – MINOR DETAILS
:)
MAP PLOTS
YIKES!
YIKES – FONT IS BLEH!
YIKES – COLOR!
YIKES – MAP PROJECTION!
:)
HAVE FUN
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-CT) - Time to Wake Up: Climate Progress Speech (3/21/2018)
https://sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-sea-ice-figures/
Adjusting axes (spines)
Changing font styles
#endrainbow
Check out: https://betterfigures.org/2018/06/04/playing-hunt-the-discontinuity/
EGU 2018 Conference https://betterfigures.org/
#endrainbow
#endrainbow
#endrainbow
Not all color-blind vision is the same!
SCHNEIDERANDNOCKE,2017
SCHNEIDERANDNOCKE,2017
SCHNEIDERANDNOCKE,2017
SCHNEIDERANDNOCKE,2017
SEQUENTIAL
QUALITATIVE
DIVERGING
Adapted from Ed Hawkins at betterfigures.org
NCL TABLE
NCL Color Table
OTHER OPTIONS
THYNG ET AL. 2016; OCEANOGRAPHY
CMOCEAN
1. Seaborn.
2. Plotly.
3. ggplot.
4. Matplotlib v3.
ALTERNATIVES
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY
https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/visualisation-resources/
VISUALIZING
GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE
CHANGE
PLOT BY ED HAWKINS
2016 RIO OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
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Data is visual.
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Improving scientific graphics of climate (change) data