Third-party dashboards or other interactive resources#

Many organizations are producing excellent interactive resources for modeling, simulating, exploring, or showcasing concepts or data sets. These are just a few examples.

Linked Resource

Type

Comments

the Nova model library for use with the Numerus Model Builder

wide rang of conceptual models

A whole environment for building simple or hierarchically-integrated system dynamics, spatial, and agent-based simulation models. Free or subscription.

IPCC WGI Interactive Atlas

climate

extensive; needs “learning” (July 2021)

visible geology

geology

3D interactive structural geology models with stereonets.

visible geology’s stereonet

geology

interactive manipulation and use of steronets.

Earthviewer

geology

Interactive module to explore Earth’s deep-time history.

Earthquake Data

geology

“Middle school simulation”: Places earthquakes have occurred over time in the world

2D, SS gndwater flow: confined aquifer

hydrogeology

spreadsheets, and video (2021)

2D, SS gndwater flow: UNconfined aquifer

hydrogeology

spreadsheets, and video (2021)

Open Global Glacier Models

glaciology

Gallery, global glaciers, simulation model

PhET: glaciers

glaciology

Glacier behavior in response to varying parameters such as precipitation, temperature, bed and surface slope, etc.

PhET: green house gasses

climate

Simulation enabling exploration of how various parameters affect accumulation of greenhouse gasses, and impacts on global temperature.

- PhET: Under pressure
- PhET: Fluid Pressure & Flow

hydrogeology

hydrogeology

- PhET: plate tectonics
- PhET: radiometric dating

geology

tectonics & dating concepts

PhET: other hydro, gravity, etc concepts

physics, math, chem

25 apps more or less related to Earth sciences

National virtual ocean data system

oceanography

access to, and plotting of ocgy & topog/bathym data

eGeotraces: biogeochemical ocgy

oceanography

access to, and plotting of tracer and other ocean data

AR5 Climate Model Mapper (U. Chicago)

climate

maybe somewhat old - ask Phil A.

Canadian climate information source

climate

Stories and explanations about climate change, and local climate data that can be explored using maps and graphs.

Canadian climate data portal

climate

High-resolution climate data to help decision makers build a more resilient Canada.

PAVICS

climate

Advanced tools for academia, climate scenario developers, and other expert users.

EGBC climate portal

climate

BC engineering perspective

open source geophysics software list

geophysics

list of resources, not a resource

virtual earthquake

geophysics

didactic, 12-step interactive online activity.

IRIS: set of 13 software-web-apps

geophysics

Part of extensive IRIS education resources

Polar ENgagement through GUIded INquiry

Climate

GitHub repository. Supported by, and extensively documented at, SERC and in JGE.