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favorite data visualization [Thai Le]

Posted: September 4th, 2009 | Author: thai | Filed under: Data viz inspiration | Comments Off

NPZ_visualizer

I am interested in seeing the systemic and connected nature of the world. Below is a data visualization created to show the dynamic nature of ecosystems. Users can change the balance of this system with interactive sliders. It shows how phytoplankton, zooplankton, decay and nitrogen effect the population dynamics of an this ecosystem. In this visualization you can see that increasing nitrogen to the system positively effects P growth, which increases Z growth which in turn [both] effect decay rate which feeds back into nitrogen rates. This data visual is driven by different models, based on research done by various organizations. There is a link below so feel free to play god!

http://coast.ocean.washington.edu/~neil/NPZvisualizer/


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