Title
Climatecharts.Net - An Interactive Climate Analysis Web Platform
Abstract
This article describes the conception and implementation of a web platform which uses special charts and maps for climate monitoring and analysis. At first it gives an overview of related web applications and their advantages and limitations. This is followed by a basic introduction of current technologies and methods for working with climate data, geospatial web services and visualization techniques. Finally, the implementation based on prior defined requirements is presented and its strengths and limitations are discussed. The application provides several basic charts for climate analysis, as well as a more complex one which uses a standardized visualization concept which is suitable for comparing different local climates (Walter-Lieth-Standard). The charts are based on different interpolated datasets with global coverage as well as data from the Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN). Overall, the application enables users to generate individual historical climate charts from the beginning of the twentieth century until present day.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Climate monitoring, Walter-Lieth charts, Koppen-Geiger classification, user interface design, education, information visualization
Journal
14
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1753-8947
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Laura Zepner100.34
Pierre Karrasch221.07
Felix Wiemann300.34
Lars Bernard400.34