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Thanks Cathy! Tom-Pierre Cathy Manduca wrote: > Here are a variety of approaches to this: > > http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/map_direction.html > > and here is a visualizaiton of model data: > > http://www.psc.edu/science/glatzmaier.html > > > Cathy > > On Mar 4, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Eric J. Pyle wrote: > >> If you wish to see an idealized version (without the influence of the >> solar wind), you can use Celestia with the magnetic field add-on. >> The basic program can be found at http://www.shatters.net/celestia >> and the addon at http://www.celestiamotherlode.com. There are a >> couple of tweaks to the add-on that allow you to show (or not) >> various field lines and particle pathways. >> >> Regards, >> Eric Pyle >> >> ---- Original message ---- >> >> *Date:* Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:13:30 -0800 >> *From:* Tom-Pierre Frappé <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >> *Subject:* good visualizations of the Earth's magnetic field? >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >Hi all, >> > >> >I am teaching an online course ( university level, 3rd year). My >> >students are having a lot of difficulty visualizing the geomagnetic >> >field, and making sense of how the declination/inclination changes >> >spatially. >> > >> >Does anyone knows of good online visualization for the magnetic >> field of >> >the Earth? >> > >> >3D would be best, and interactive simulations would be ideal, but I >> >might be wishing for the moon... you can email me your >> suggestions off >> >list, I'll compile them and send a summary back to the list-serve. >> > >> >many thanks for your suggestions! >> >Tom-Pierre >> > >> >-- >> >Tom-Pierre Frappé >> >EOS-Science Education Initiative / ECAC & EOSC114 Administrator >> >Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences >> >University of British Columbia >> >6339 Stores Road >> >Vancouver, B.C. >> >V6T 1Z4, Canada >> > >> >Phone:(604)822-3063 >> >fax: (604)822-6047 >> >[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> > >> > >> >> > > Dr. Cathryn A Manduca > Director, Science Education Resource Center > Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers > Carleton College > Northfield, MN 55057 > 507 646-7096 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > serc.carleton.edu > > > > > -- Tom-Pierre Frappé EOS-Science Education Initiative / ECAC & EOSC114 Administrator Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6339 Stores Road Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada Phone:(604)822-3063 fax: (604)822-6047 [log in to unmask]