Category Archives: visualisation

What will the simulations do next?

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Ed Hawkins

Recent conversations on the recent slowdown in warming has inspired an animation on how models simulate this phenomenon, and what it means for the evolution of global temperatures over the next few decades.

Posted in temperature, variability, visualisation | 24 Comments

Visualising the role of natural variability

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Ed Hawkins

A new analysis by Clara Deser and colleagues (accepted for Nature Climate Change), provides some fantastic visualisations of the crucial role of natural variability in how we will experience climate.

Posted in GCMs, projections, temperature, uncertainty, variability, visualisation | 14 Comments

Nice climate figures

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Ed Hawkins

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, says the popular adage. It is something that we, as climate scientists, should take seriously, especially given the vast quantities of literature we might read through.

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Visualising climate with 2d colour bars

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Ed Hawkins

A recent paper by Teuling et al. suggested the use of 2d colour bars for visualising climate fields. I thought I would give this a try – and Ryan Teuling was kind enough to provide the code to construct the … Continue reading →

Posted in precipitation, projections, uncertainty, visualisation | 1 Comment