Flux Tower Research

VBRIABLE TYPE
DATA-VISUALISATAON
EXPERIMENT

The research-team of Prof. Oliver Sonnentag (UdeM) reinstating the flux tower after it was destroyed by a severe late season wildfire in 2022.

March 2023, near the Scotty Creek Research Station, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Photo: Dominik Heilig (Aisu.Studio)

Varial Type Data Visualizer (Prototype 0.1)
Testing three axes (Width, Ascender and Slant) within the journalistic graphic novel Project Fire on the Land.

InDesign Adjustment Font axes adjustment in InDesign
Glyphs App Paths and masters in glyphs.app.
B
Width
Fire-Impact
B
Ascender Height
Growth
B
Slant
Permafrost Thaw
B
Combined

Scenario:
The Thawing River

This 15 × 15 grid maps a boreal forest. The empty curved path represents a riverbed where permafrost erosion causes ground instability.

Tree Glyph Legend

  • Weight: Fire intensity.
  • Ascender: Biological growth.
  • Slant: Ground instability.

Simulation

Adjust the temperature deviation to see trees along the riverbanks collapse as the soil thaws.

+4°C0°C-4°C
Global Temperature Deviation

WHBT'S NEXT

Graphic Novel Pages
  • Further font development
  • Real scientific data mapping
  • Custom CSV Upload
  • Graphic Novel Exhibition at the Berlin Comic Invasion (April 29 - May 10)

Learn more on the Project Page