DVT is a powerful utility for manipulating and displaying water quality data in a dynamic interactive method. The tool facilitates the exploration and examination of data on up to 13 water quality parameters that have been collected along two river systems in Southeast North Carolina: The Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River. Data from both rivers has been gathered from multiple sampling sites--11 on the Cape Fear River and 4 on the Northeast Cape Fear River--over the course of several years.

This tool allows researchers to visualize the data by graphing data on up to four water quality parameters simultaneously using three different display techniques:

(1) color graphing

(2) line graphs

(3) animated sequencing of graphs

To use this tool or to learn more about it, click on one of the following choices:

Data Visualization Tool (DVT)

Tutorial on using the Data Visualization Tool

Links to information on collection sites:
http://uncw.edu/cmsr/aquaticecology/laboratory/LCFRP/station%20list.htm

Links to information on water quality parameters included in the testing battery:
http://uncw.edu/cmsr/aquaticecology/laboratory/LCFRP/lcfr%20param.htm

Contacts:
Rich Huber - huberr@uncw.edu
Joanne Halls - hallsj@uncw.edu