Geohazards Visualization Suite
Tsunami Visualizations and Other Teaching Materials
These two pages contain a number of animations and movies about tsunamis in general as well as specific events such as the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Other materials and URLs were submitted by faculty in response to a request sent out viw the web and the Geo-Ed listserv.
Hurricane Visualizations and Other Teaching Materials
Find satellite images, visualizations and other educational materials that illustrate how these violent weather systems form and function, as well as their effects on the natural and human landscapes. There are links about the August 2005 Hurricane Katrina, other past hurricanes, and visualizations of model and hypothetical hurricanes used in research.
Wildfire Visualizations
Wildfires are a particularly paradoxical geohazard-they are crucial to fire-dependent ecosystems, but when poorly managed these fires can destroy the very ecosystems that rely on fire for rebirth. These simulations, images, and interactive animations seek to explain wildfires and their complex relationship with atmosphere, terrain, and human management.
Tornado Visualizations
Animations and films that illustrate or help students investigate how tornados form, current research about the science involved, and the effects of tornados of different strengths.
Impact Crater Visualizations
This page has links to visualizations of impact events and the structures they form.
Mass Wasting/Landslide Visualizations
Animations showing different types of landslides like slumps, slides, and falls in a variety of environments.
Flood Visualizations
These animations, images, and film slips illustrate the nature and extent of flooding events. They show a variety of ways flooding can be generated as well as the effects on people and infrastructure.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Visualizations
The earthquake that struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906 remains one of the strongest and most significant earthquakes in US history. The fire that developed in its aftermath brought the city to its knees. This collection presents links to images, films, panoramas and animations about the earthquake and fire.
Earthquake Visualizations
Animations showing seismograph operation, tsunami, P and S Waves, earthquake focus verus epicenter, and actual footage of an earthquake.
Volcano Visualizations
This collection presents links to visualizations of volcanos and volcanic processes. Visualizations include general depictions of igneous processes as well as work done on real volcanos on Earth and around the solar system.
