☀️ EarthSense: My PhD, now Interactive!

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After years of coding, debugging, and data crunching for my PhD, I finally turned my research into something you can explore, not just read.

:sun: EarthSense — my PhD, now interactive!

During my research on surface solar radiation (SSR) fluctuations, I wanted to make the results truly explorable.

So I built EarthSense, a free, open-source web app that lets anyone visualize and interact with the same climate data and radiative transfer model outputs used in my PhD.

Thanks to Bokeh, I was able to transform complex climate datasets and radiative transfer model outputs into a fast, interactive, and visually engaging web app. Bokeh’s powerful combination of Python integration, server-side interactivity, and rich visual capabilities made it possible to bring scientific research to life, bridging the gap between raw data and exploration.

You can:
:sun: Explore global surface solar radiation (SSR) maps and monthly animations.
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:chart_increasing: Compare modelled SSR with ground measurements from the GEBA network.
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:thermometer: Investigate how atmospheric variables influence/link to SSR changes over time.
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:link: GitHub: GitHub - mixstam1821/EarthSense: My PhD was made interactive through this web app! Thesis: Detailed assessment of the global dimming and brightening of the Earth under all-sky and clear sky conditions using modern tools and long-term climate data: https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/59941

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Live demo: EarthSense Home

:gear: Please note: loading the three apps may take some time due to the large datasets being read online, thus prefer to install it locally.

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