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