Intro:
The main purpose of this work is to present relative scales of temperature during holocene up to Ionian pleistocene using virtual reality. [1.]
Data used : GISP2 Ice Core Temperature and Accumulation Data, Law Dome Ice Core 2000-Year CO2, CH4, and N2O Data, EPICA Dome C Ice Core High Resolution Holocene and Transition CO2 Data, GISP2 Oxygen Isotope Data : Greenland Ice Core Project, Vostok Ice Core [2.]. Projects are researching values of CO2 in atmosphere using deep drills into sedimentary ice sheet layers corresponding in its maximum depth (approx. 3 km) to 800 kyr BP [3.]
The main purpose of this work is to present relative scales of temperature during holocene up to Ionian pleistocene using virtual reality. [1.]
Data used : GISP2 Ice Core Temperature and Accumulation Data, Law Dome Ice Core 2000-Year CO2, CH4, and N2O Data, EPICA Dome C Ice Core High Resolution Holocene and Transition CO2 Data, GISP2 Oxygen Isotope Data : Greenland Ice Core Project, Vostok Ice Core [2.]. Projects are researching values of CO2 in atmosphere using deep drills into sedimentary ice sheet layers corresponding in its maximum depth (approx. 3 km) to 800 kyr BP [3.]
Form:
This work is is presented in real-time 3-D virtual environment using Unreal Engine from Epic software in form of a game-like environment,
This work is is presented in real-time 3-D virtual environment using Unreal Engine from Epic software in form of a game-like environment,
Hardware & Software Specifications:
Windows 7/8 64-bit, Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
1.] y in range of -54 BP to 798 kyr BP from drills (down range somewhere at the end of Ionian stage of Pleistocene)
[2.] see full references bellow
[2.] radio-carbon dates(0 BP at 1950 AD )
[2.] see full references bellow
[2.] radio-carbon dates(0 BP at 1950 AD )
References
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