Review: evaluation of static and animated visualization in meteorology

Abstract

Data from environmental studies are measured, stored and analyzed to find out the impact of climate change. Visualizing an environment data is quite a challenging process. Predicting future variations of specific variables such as wind speed, precipitation and temperature involve complex processes of numerical analysis and interpretations. The goal of this paper is to study both type of visualization - static and animated visualization to discover the application and advancement in meteorology. Focusing on two types of meteorology - temperature and wind speed, few examples are emphasized to show meteorology application in both type. Common type of heatmap and graph are used in static visualization. In order to combine multidimensional from static visual together and simplify it into one visual, animated visualization able to play the role. Furthermore, this paper also reports on the element used in the visualization and how it enhances the image in order to deliver information to the readers.