See your climate model working
This page tells you how to see your climate model, how to switch between different views, and what all the colours on your globe mean.
To see your climate model running
There are two different ways to view your climate model. (You might have to wait a while after you've first installed before you can do this for the first time. Try after half an hour, or again the following day. This will depend on your connection speed.)
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Screensaver mode
Recommended if you've set the climate model as your screensaver
- Right click on your desktop
- Select 'Properties'
- Make sure that the 'screensaver' tab is highlighted
- Click 'preview'
If you're in screensaver mode, you'll have to hold down the 'Ctrl' key to use any of the shortcut keys.
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Visualiser mode
- Go to the start menu in the bottom left of your screen. Select 'Programmes', 'BOINC', then 'BOINC Manager'
- Make sure that the 'tasks' tab is activated
- Click 'Show Graphics'
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Different views
You can choose to see your climate model in a number of different modes. Each one will tell you something different about your personal climate model.
Shortcut key
(Screensaver
mode)
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Shortcut key
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View
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Description
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Ctrl + T
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T
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Temperature
As you would expect, red colours mean hotter temperatures, and blue colours mean colder temperatures. See how the temperature changes over the course of a day or a year. And of course, watch to see if there is a significant change as the years go by.
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Ctrl + C
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C
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Cloud Cover
Pressing the keys 1-5 while in this mode will let you turn different layers of cloud on and off. (Don't forget to hold 'Ctrl' down if you're in screensaver mode).
Different kinds of clouds affect the climate in different ways. High clouds tend to reflect the Sun's heat back into space - and therefore help cool the planet. Low clouds trap heat, and make it warmer.
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Ctrl + P
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P
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Pressure
Blue equals low pressure, white equals high pressure.
The weather fronts you see on a weather map are usually associated with isolated regions of low pressure.
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Ctrl + R
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R
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Rainfall
See how the pattern of rainfall is different in the tropics to elsewhere. See if you can spot monsoon season.
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Ctrl + O
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O
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Ocean Surface Temperature
This feature is not available for this project.
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Ctrl + E
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E
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Sulphur
This feature is not available for this project |
What are we hoping to find out? Read about the project.
Download the project.
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