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How Geoscientists Think and Learn
Geoscientists have a select set of skills that help them make sense of the complicated and chaotic Earth system.
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Reply [to "Comment on 'Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics,' by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein"]
By calling attention to the perception of data graphics among color-impaired readers, we hoped to raise awareness of an even more prevalent phenomenon: the misuse of spectral, or “rainbow,” color schemes. David B. Stephenson is quite right regarding the incidence of different forms of color-vision impairment, which varies among racial and ethnic groups and is […]
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Comment on "Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics," by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein
As a color-blind climatologist, I very much appreciated the important color-awareness issues raised by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein in their recent Eos article titled “The End of the Rainbow? Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics,” (85(40), 5 October 2004, p. 385). Meteorological and climate information is frequently communicated in the form of highly […]
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The End of the Rainbow? Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics
Here's a simple guide to creating engaging, easy-to-read graphics to accompany your research.