Macrozooplankton Biomass Visualization in 1D, 2D, and 3D

CalCOFI Cruise Data, 1990-2004

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Data was obtained from these locations in the CalCOFI archives: 1990-1999, 2000-2004

Note: the last column in the data was used ( Small cm³ )

Map of Data Sampling Sites

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CalCOFI Cruise Stations Map

PHP and Jpgraph (1-Dimensional Exploration)

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Interactive Map for Time Series Exploration

Excel Charting (1D and 3D Exploration)

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Example Time Series	Excel 3D Chart of Complete Dataset (Original Excel spreadsheet)

Macromedia Director and Shockwave 3D (pseudo-3D Exploration)

(Note: this visualization is to allow users to make correlations between the CAlCOFI dataset and El Nino Southern Oscillation Indices)

Geo-referenced Interactive 3D Vizualization (Get Shockwave )

NCSA EasyViz (3D Exploration)

(Note: this is an exploratory 3D visualization tool that may be appropriate only for advanced high school and undergraduate students)

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EasyViz Surface	EasyViz Cross Sections	EasyViz 3D Contours

CalCOFI Cruise Stations Map

Example Time Series from Sampling Sites 77-100, 77-90, 77-80, 77-70, 77-60

(Data is in units of cm³ per 1000 m³ Strained)

EasyViz Surface Visualization

EasyViz Cross Sections

Easy Viz 3D Contours (aka. Spatiotemporal Isosurfaces)

EPIC Education Data Portal, SDSC Education Group, 2005