Collecting, Processing and Presenting Geoscientific Information: MATLAB® and Design Recipes for Earth Sciences (Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment)

This second edition is an intensively revised and updated version of the book __MATLAB® and Design Recipes for Earth Sciences__. It aims to introduce students to the typical course followed by a data analysis project in earth sciences. A project usually involves searching relevant literature, reviewing and ranking published books and journal articles, extracting relevant information from the literature in the form of text, data, or graphs, searching and processing the relevant original data using MATLAB, and compiling and presenting the results as posters, abstracts, and oral presentations using graphics design software. The text of this book includes numerous examples on the use of internet resources, on the visualization of data with MATLAB, and on preparing scientific presentations. As with the book MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences–4rd Edition (2015), which demonstrates the use of statistical and numerical methods on earth science data, this book uses state-of-the art software packages, including MATLAB and the Adobe Creative Suite, to process and present geoscientific information collected during the course of an earth science project. The book's supplementary electronic material (available online through the publisher's website) includes color versions of all figures, recipes with all the MATLAB commands featured in the book, the example data, exported MATLAB graphics, and screenshots of the most important steps involved in processing the graphics. Preface 6 Contents 10 About the Authors 14 1 Scientific Information in Earth Sciences 15 1.1 Introduction 16 1.2 Collecting and Managing Information in Earth Sciences 19 1.2.1 Initiating, Planning and Organizing a Project 19 1.2.2 Literature and Data Resources on the Internet 19 1.2.3 Project Management 20 1.3 Methods for Processing Scientific Information 21 1.3.1 Software for Transferring Scientific Information 21 1.3.2 Software for Processing Scientific Information 22 1.3.3 Software for Editing Raster/Pixel Graphics 24 1.3.4 Software for Editing Vector Graphics 25 1.3.5 Software for Creating Presentations 25 1.3.6 Software for Text Processing 26 1.3.7 Software for Desktop Publishing 26 1.3.8 Software for Managing Electronic Libraries on Computers 27 1.4 Presenting Geoscientific Information 27 Recommended Reading 28 2 Searching and Reviewing Scientific Literature 29 2.1 Introduction 30 2.2 Resources for Literature Reviews 30 2.3 Finding the Relevant Literature 31 2.3.1 Searching with Online Bookstores 31 2.3.2 Searching with Google Books and Google Scholar 34 2.3.3 Searching with the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science 37 2.4 Extracting the Relevant Information from Literature 43 2.5 Extracting Text, Data and Graphs from Literature 48 2.6 Organizing Literature in a Computer 52 Recommended Reading 54 3 Internet Resources for Earth Science Data 55 3.1 Introduction 56 3.2 Data Storage in a Computer 56 3.3 Data Formats in Earth Sciences 57 3.4 Data Transfer Between Computers 60 3.5 Internet Resources: When Was the Younger Dryas? 61 3.6 Internet Resources: Calibrating Radiocarbon Ages 64 3.7 Internet Resources: Insolation Data 67 3.8 Internet Resources: Tephrabase 71 3.9 Organizing Data in a Computer 72 Recommended Reading 74 4 MATLAB as a Visualization Tool 75 4.1 Introduction 76 4.2 Getting Started with MATLAB 76 4.3 The Syntax of MATLAB 78 4.4 Array Manipulation 82 4.5 Data Structures and Classes of Objects 86 4.6 Data Storage and Handling 92 4.7 Control Flow 98 4.8 Scripts and Functions 101 4.9 Basic Visualization Tools 105 4.10 Generating M-Files to Regenerate Graphs 107 4.11 Publishing M-Files 109 Recommended Reading 111 5 Visualizing 2D Data in Earth Sciences 112 5.1 Introduction 113 5.2 Line Graphs: Plotting Time Series in Earth Sciences 113 5.3 Bar Graphs: Plotting Histograms in Earth Sciences 118 5.4 Pie Charts: Illustrating Proportion in Earth Sciences 120 5.5 Rose Diagrams: Plotting Directional Data 122 5.6 Multiplots: Plotting Scaled Multiple Area Graphs 123 5.7 Stratplots: Plotting Stratigraphic Columns 127 Recommended Reading 131 6 Visualizing 3D Data in Earth Sciences 132 6.1 Introduction 133 6.2 The Global Geography Database GSHHG 133 6.3 The 1-Minute Gridded Global Relief Data ETOPO1 137 6.4 The Global 30-Arc Second Elevation Data GTOPO30 143 6.5 The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM 146 6.6 Interpolating and Visualizing Irregularly-Spaced Data 150 Recommended Reading 154 7 Processing and Displaying Images in Earth Sciences 156 7.1 Introduction 157 7.2 Storing Images on a Computer 157 7.3 Importing, Processing and Exporting Images 160 7.4 Processing and Georeferencing Satellite Images 164 7.5 Digitizing from the Screen: From Pixel to Vector 171 7.6 Image Enhancement, Correction and Rectification 173 Recommended Reading 179 8 Editing Graphics, Text, and Tables 181 8.1 Introduction 182 8.2 Editing Vector Graphics 182 8.2.1 Line Graphs: Getting Started, Panels, Layers, and Tools 183 8.2.2 Pie Charts: Transparency, Raster with Vector, and Advanced Features 188 8.2.3 Rose Diagrams: Manipulating Clipping Paths 192 8.2.4 Shoreline Data Set: Number of Vertices in Vector Graphics 193 8.2.5 Pseudocolor Plots: Combining Raster with Vector 195 8.2.6 Block Diagrams: Three-Dimensional Visualization and Labeling 195 8.2.7 Preparing Vector Graphics for Presentation on a Dark Background 198 8.3 Processing Images 198 8.3.1 Satellite Imagery: Professional Image Processing Using Adobe Photoshop 199 8.3.2 Georeferenced Satellite Imagery: Masking, Retouching, Adding Vectors 201 8.4 Editing Text 202 8.5 Editing Tables 206 Recommended Reading 208 9 Creating Conference Presentations 209 9.1 Introduction 210 9.2 Planning an Oral Presentation 210 9.3 Designing the Concept 214 9.4 Creating a Template 217 9.5 Creating Slides 219 9.6 Practice and Delivery 225 Recommended Reading 226 10 Creating Conference Posters 227 10.1 Introduction 228 10.2 Planning a Poster 228 10.3 Creating a Poster Template 229 10.4 Final Assembly of the Poster 234 10.5 Presenting a Poster at a Conference 237 Recommended Reading 238 11 Creating Manuscripts, Flyers, and Brochures 239 11.1 Introduction 241 11.2 Planning a Manuscript 241 11.3 How to Create Flyers 248 11.3.1 Desktop Publishing with Adobe InDesign 249 11.3.2 Preparing the Document for Printing Using Adobe InDesign 254 11.4 Designing a Thesis or a Research Report 254 11.4.1 Creating a New Document with Layers, Master Pages, and Pagination 256 11.4.2 Importing Text, Using Text Frames, and Using Flowing Text 257 11.4.3 Direct Formatting, Paragraph Styles, and Character Styles 259 11.4.4 Creating Book Files, Page Numbers, and a Table of Contents 260 11.4.5 Placing Images and Tables, and Adding Captions 262 11.4.6 Preflight, Packaging, and Generating a PDF File 263 11.5 Assembling and Laying Out Books 264 11.5.1 Color and Color Management 265 11.5.2 Compilation of the Manuscript Files and Submission to the Publisher 266 11.5.3 Working on a Book Project with InDesign 267 11.5.4 Generating the Final PDF File for Printing 270 Recommended Reading 272 12 Creating Multimedia Publications 273 12.1 Introduction 274 12.2 Creating Audio and Video Files with MATLAB 274 12.3 Creating Animated 3D Objects with MATLAB 278 12.4 Assembling Multimedia Presentations 282 12.5 Assembling Multimedia Papers and Books 284 Recommended Reading 286 The overall aim of the book is to introduce students to the typical course followed by a data analysis project in earth sciences. A project usually involves searching relevant literature, reviewing and ranking published books and journal articles, extracting relevant information from the literature in the form of text, data, or graphs, searching and processing the relevant original data using MATLAB, and compiling and presenting the results as posters, abstracts, oral presentations and multimedia publications using graphics design software. The text of this book includes numerous examples on the use of internet resources, on the visualization of data with MATLAB, and on preparing scientific presentations. As with its sister book MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences{u2013}4th Edition (2015), which demonstrates the use of statistical and numerical methods on earth science data, this book uses state-of the art software packages, including MATLAB and the Adobe Creative Suite, to process and present geoscientific information collected during the course of an earth science project. The book's supplementary electronic material (available online through the publisher's website) includes recipes with all the MATLAB commands featured in the book, the example data, exported MATLAB graphics, and screenshots of the most important steps involved in processing the graphics. System requirements Users of this book will require the MATLAB® software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The M-files and example data available online through Springer Extras should run on all platforms without requiring any modification. For this edition we have used MATLAB Version 9 (Release 2017a), the Image Processing Toolbox Version 10.0, the Mapping Toolbox Version 4.5 and the Simulink 3D Animation Toolbox Version 7.7. Furthermore, we used the Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 including Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop and Audition. MATLAB® and Simulink® are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. For MATLAB and Simulink product information, please contact: The MathWorks, Inc. 3 Apple Hill Drive Natick, MA, 01760-2098 USA Tel: 508-647-7000 Fax: 508-647-7001 E-mail: info@mathworks.com Web: http://www.mathworks.com How to buy: www.mathworks.com/store The overall aim of the book is to introduce students to the typical course followed by a data analysis project in earth sciences. A project usually involves searching relevant literature, reviewing and ranking published books and journal articles, extracting relevant information from the literature in the form of text, data, or graphs, searching and processing the relevant original data using MATLAB, and compiling and presenting the results as posters, abstracts, oral presentations and multimedia publications using graphics design software. The text of this book includes numerous examples on the use of internet resources, on the visualization of data with MATLAB, and on preparing scientific presentations. As with its sister book MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences-4th Edition (2015), which demonstrates the use of statistical and numerical methods on earth science data, this book uses state-of the art software packages, including MATLAB and the Adobe Creative Suite, to process and present geoscientific information collected during the course of an earth science project. The book's supplementary electronic material (available online through the publisher's website) includes recipes with all the MATLAB commands featured in the book, the example data, exported MATLAB graphics, and screenshots of the most important steps involved in processing the graphics. System requirements Users of this book will require the MATLAB® software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The M-files and example data available online through Springer Extras should run on all platforms without requiring any modification. For this edition we have used MATLAB Version 9 (Release 2017a), the Image Processing Toolbox Version 10.0, the Mapping Toolbox Version 4.5 and the Simulink 3D Animation Toolbox Version 7.7. Furthermore, we used the Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 including Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop and Audition. MATLAB® and Simulink® are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. For MATLAB and Simulink product information, please contact: The MathWorks, Inc. 3 Apple Hill Drive Natick, MA, 01760-2098 USA Tel: 508-647-7000 Fax: 508-647-7001 E-mail: info mathworks.com Web: http://www.mathworks.com How to buy: www.mathworks.com/store. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Scientific Information in Earth Sciences (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 1-14 Searching and Reviewing Scientific Literature (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 15-40 Internet Resources for Earth Science Data (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 41-60 MATLAB as a Visualization Tool (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 61-97 Visualizing 2D Data in Earth Sciences (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 99-118 Visualizing 3D Data in Earth Sciences (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 119-142 Processing and Displaying Images in Earth Sciences (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 143-167 Editing Graphics, Text, and Tables (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 169-196 Creating Conference Presentations (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 197-214 Creating Conference Posters (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 215-226 Creating Manuscripts, Flyers, and Brochures (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 227-260 Creating Multimedia Publications (Martin H. Trauth, Elisabeth Sillmann)....Pages 261-274