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Bringing new functionality to data visualization using Google Earth

Viewing datasets in a rich geographical context


This image shows preliminary comparisons of WRF-CHEM model outputs to station measurements of O3 near Mexico City, Mexico. This image allows a researcher or student to visually compare concentrations of a pollutant to the values produced by a model, and to track this comparison over time. Metadata that describes the station measurement and other station information can be accessed by clicking on the station marker. This visualization technique is significant because it easily allows visual comparisons of scientific datasets to be made in a rich geographic context. (Click image to return to Google Earth report.)