Earth system music: music generated from the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1)

de Mora, Lee; Sellar, Alistair A.; Yool, Andrew; Palmieri, Julien; Smith, Robin S.; Kuhlbrodt, Till; Parker, Robert J.; Walton, Jeremy; Blackford, Jeremy C.; Jones, Colin G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-263-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-263-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-263-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

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11 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 11 Sep 2020

Earth system music: music generated from the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1)

Lee de Mora, Alistair A. Sellar, Andrew Yool, Julien Palmieri, Robin S. Smith, Till Kuhlbrodt, Robert J. Parker, Jeremy Walton, Jeremy C. Blackford, and Colin G. Jones

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We use time series data from the first United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1) to create six procedurally generated musical pieces for piano. Each of the six pieces help to explain either a scientific principle or a practical aspect of Earth system modelling. We describe the methods that were used to create these pieces, discuss the limitations of this pilot study and list several approaches to extend and expand upon this work.