Animations
Animated .gifs used in Geog. 101 & 102, Fall 1997 and Winter 1998
- the seasonal cycle, illustrated using
"reanalysis" data from the National Center
for Environmental Predicition (NCEP), plotted as .gifs for individual months and
combined into an animated .gif;
- Windows .avi version of the seasonal cycle;
- the seasonal cycle of temperature and precipitation for
North America, Windows .avi
- vegetation migration in eastern North America from the last
glacial maximum to present, fossil pollen data plotted as .gifs for individual times and
combined;
- Windows .avi version of vegetation migration;
- Amazon deforestation, three satellite images (1975,
1986, and 1992) from USGS
Earthshots, combined into an animated .gif;
- cumulative clearcuts and roads, Salmon Cr. and N. Fork
Middle Fork Willamette R. basins, Oregon, Fig. 2 from J.A. Jones and G.E. Grant, 1996, Water
Resources Research 32:959-974, scanned and combined into an animated .gif;
- the shrinking Aral Sea, four satellite images (1964, 1973,
1987, 1997) from USGS
Earthshots, combined into an animated .gif;
- The current El Niņo, animated .gif from the NOAA
Office of Global Programs, ENSO web page;
- plus, check out animated satellite and radar images on the Current Weather & Climate page
last updated: 02/12/07 10:39 PM