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Entry Name: "UWB-Smith-MC2"

VAST Challenge 2018
Mini-Challenge 2

Team Members:

Replace this list of team members with the names, affiliations, and email addresses of your own team. Indicate the primary point of contact. Example:

Marion Smith, University of West Birmingham, smith@westbirmingham.ac.uk PRIMARY
Paul White, University of Northeastern Washington, white@unew.edu

Student Team: Please enter YES or NO

Tools Used:

Provide a list of tools used. Examples:

Tableau

Excel

Spinviz, developed by the University of West Birmingham CS 459 Information Visualization class, taught Spring 2018 by Dr. Smith, and adapted by the student team for the challenge.

Approximately how many hours were spent working on this submission in total?

Provide an estimate of the total number of hours worked on this submission by your entire team.

May we post your submission in the Visual Analytics Benchmark Repository after VAST Challenge 2018 is complete? Please enter a YES or NO

Video

Provide a link to your video. Example:

http://www.westbirmingham.ac.uk/uwb-smith-mc2-video.wmv

Questions

1. Characterize the past and most recent situation with respect to chemical contamination in the Boonsong Lekagul waterways. Do you see any trends of possible interest in this investigation? Your submission for this questions should contain no more than 10 images and 1000 words.

Provide your answer and corresponding images here.

2. What anomalies do you find in the waterway samples dataset? How do these affect your analysis of potential problems to the environment? Is the Hydrology Department collecting sufficient data to understand the comprehensive situation across the Preserve? What changes would you propose to make in the sampling approach to best understand the situation? Your submission for this question should contain no more than 6 images and 500 words.

Provide your answer and corresponding images here.

3. After reviewing the data, do any of your findings cause particular concern for the Pipit or other wildlife? Would you suggest any changes in the sampling strategy to better understand the waterways situation in the Preserve? Your submission for this question should contain no more than 6 images and 500 words.

Provide your answer and corresponding images here.