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Learn to create your own climate spiral using p5.js and temperature data. Originally designed by the climate scientist Ed Hawkins, the climate spiral is a visual representation of the changing temperatures over time, illustrating the urgent need to address climate change. Code: thecodingtrain.com/challenges/178-climate-spiral
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🕹️ p5.js Web Editor Sketch: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/r69De6khN
🎥 Previous video: youtu.be/IxdGyqhppis?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 All videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
References:
🌥️ National Centre for Atmospheric Science: ncas.ac.uk
🌥️ Ed Hawkin's website: edhawkins.org
🌎 NASA Earth Observatory - Global Temperatures: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures
🌎 GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4): data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp
🌎 GISS Surface Temperature Analysis FAQ: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq
🌎 GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE: pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2010/2010_Hansen_ha00510u.pdf
🌎 Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JD029522
🌊 National Centers for Environmental Information: ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00934
🔗 Suggestion from ABohyn: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box/issues/1789
🔗 p5.loadTable: p5js.org/reference/#/p5/loadTable
🔗 p5.TableRow: p5js.org/reference/#/p5.TableRow
🔗 lerpColor(): p5js.org/reference/#/p5/lerpColor
Videos:
🎥 Climate Spiral: youtube.com/watch?v=jWoCXLuTIkI
🚂 Polar Coordinates: youtu.be/O5wjXoFrau4
🚂 Translate, Rotate, Push/Pop: youtu.be/o9sgjuh-CBM
Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 48 White House Social Media Data Visualization: youtu.be/UrznYJltZrU
🚂 58 3D Earthquake Data Visualization: youtu.be/dbs4IYGfAXc
🚂 96 Visualizing the Digits of Pi: youtu.be/WEd_UIKG-uc
🚂 109 Visualizing 500,000 Subscribers: youtu.be/Ae73YY_GAU8
Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome to a special Earth Day Coding Challenge!
0:35 What is a temperature anomaly?
2:28 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies website
3:17 Preview the data
4:34 Upload the data
5:13 Use loadTable() to preload the data
7:01 Check out the data
9:28 Set up the base pattern
10:42 Polar Coordinates
12:36 Add the month labels
16:11 Time for the data!
17:05 Draw the spiral
18:09 Set up global variables
19:04 Map the x, y positions to the data
20:27 Loop through all of the data
21:57 Check for null values
22:43 Animate the spiral
25:17 Add one month at a time
28:47 Add color to the spiral
29:42 Connect the points with a line segment
34:45 Use lerpColor() to vary color
38:00 Use parseFloat() to convert a string to a float
38:40 We have the climate spiral
40:16 Suggestions for possible variations
40:42 Outro
Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound
🚂 Website: thecodingtrain.com
👾 Share Your Creation! thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide
🚩 Suggest Topics: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box
💡 GitHub: github.com/CodingTrain
💬 Discord: thecodingtrain.com/discord
💖 Membership: youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join
🛒 Store: standard.tv/codingtrain
🖋️ Twitter: twitter.com/thecodingtrain
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/the.coding.train
🎥 Coding Challenges: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 Intro to Programming: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA
🔗 p5.js: p5js.org
🔗 p5.js Web Editor: editor.p5js.org
🔗 Processing: processing.org
📄 Code of Conduct: github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct
This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new
#data #visualization #datavisualization #climatespiral #climatechange #p5js #javascript
Learn to create your own climate spiral using p5.js and temperature data. Originally designed by the climate scientist Ed Hawkins, the climate spiral is a visual representation of the changing temperatures over time, illustrating the urgent need to address climate change. Code: thecodingtrain.com/challenges/178-climate-spiral
🚀 Watch this video ad-free on Nebula nebula.tv/videos/codingtrain-coding-challenge-178-visualizing-data
🕹️ p5.js Web Editor Sketch: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/r69De6khN
🎥 Previous video: youtu.be/IxdGyqhppis?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 All videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
References:
🌥️ National Centre for Atmospheric Science: ncas.ac.uk
🌥️ Ed Hawkin's website: edhawkins.org
🌎 NASA Earth Observatory - Global Temperatures: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures
🌎 GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4): data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp
🌎 GISS Surface Temperature Analysis FAQ: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq
🌎 GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE: pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2010/2010_Hansen_ha00510u.pdf
🌎 Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JD029522
🌊 National Centers for Environmental Information: ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00934
🔗 Suggestion from ABohyn: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box/issues/1789
🔗 p5.loadTable: p5js.org/reference/#/p5/loadTable
🔗 p5.TableRow: p5js.org/reference/#/p5.TableRow
🔗 lerpColor(): p5js.org/reference/#/p5/lerpColor
Videos:
🎥 Climate Spiral: youtube.com/watch?v=jWoCXLuTIkI
🚂 Polar Coordinates: youtu.be/O5wjXoFrau4
🚂 Translate, Rotate, Push/Pop: youtu.be/o9sgjuh-CBM
Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 48 White House Social Media Data Visualization: youtu.be/UrznYJltZrU
🚂 58 3D Earthquake Data Visualization: youtu.be/dbs4IYGfAXc
🚂 96 Visualizing the Digits of Pi: youtu.be/WEd_UIKG-uc
🚂 109 Visualizing 500,000 Subscribers: youtu.be/Ae73YY_GAU8
Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome to a special Earth Day Coding Challenge!
0:35 What is a temperature anomaly?
2:28 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies website
3:17 Preview the data
4:34 Upload the data
5:13 Use loadTable() to preload the data
7:01 Check out the data
9:28 Set up the base pattern
10:42 Polar Coordinates
12:36 Add the month labels
16:11 Time for the data!
17:05 Draw the spiral
18:09 Set up global variables
19:04 Map the x, y positions to the data
20:27 Loop through all of the data
21:57 Check for null values
22:43 Animate the spiral
25:17 Add one month at a time
28:47 Add color to the spiral
29:42 Connect the points with a line segment
34:45 Use lerpColor() to vary color
38:00 Use parseFloat() to convert a string to a float
38:40 We have the climate spiral
40:16 Suggestions for possible variations
40:42 Outro
Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound
🚂 Website: thecodingtrain.com
👾 Share Your Creation! thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide
🚩 Suggest Topics: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box
💡 GitHub: github.com/CodingTrain
💬 Discord: thecodingtrain.com/discord
💖 Membership: youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join
🛒 Store: standard.tv/codingtrain
🖋️ Twitter: twitter.com/thecodingtrain
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/the.coding.train
🎥 Coding Challenges: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 Intro to Programming: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA
🔗 p5.js: p5js.org
🔗 p5.js Web Editor: editor.p5js.org
🔗 Processing: processing.org
📄 Code of Conduct: github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct
This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new
#data #visualization #datavisualization #climatespiral #climatechange #p5js #javascript
