Data Analyst

On this page Citizen Scientist Data Analysts will analyze sound data and compare it to field notes! A scientist’s field notes are so important for so many reasons! One of the reasons is so that other scientists can review the notes and recreate the study. While on location, Citizen Scientists Field Researchers took observation notes and collected sound data. As Data Analysts, you will listen to the data, read their notes, and make your own audio data observations. Maybe you will agree with the computer analysis and/or the Field Researcher and maybe you won’t. There is no wrong answer, just more information!

Directions

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Data Analysis

Choose the eclipse audio data group you would like to analyze.

2017 Total Solar Eclipse

National Parks Sound Data

2023 Annular Eclipse

Citizen Scientist Data

Map of the annular eclipse path shows as a thin line which starts in the Southern part or Oregon and travels southwest through Northern Nevada, through the middle of Utah, through the middle of New Mexico, and through the southern part of Texas before continuing over the ocean and across parts of Central and South America.

2023 Total Solar Eclipse

Citizen Scientist Data

Map of North America showing the total solar eclipse map as a thin red line. The path of totality first touches Mexico. It then enters the United States at Texas and crosses diagonally Northeast all the way across the country through to Maine, and visits the maritime provinces of Canada.

2017 Total Solar Eclipse Sound Data

Sound Energy Waveform in the form of a bright line zig zagging up and down

No Field Notes available for 2017

Help monitor the effects of solar eclipses on wildlife in Central and South America with Sounds in the Darkness

Map of the North, Central, and South America with the path of the April 8, 2023 total solar eclipse overlayed.

Deep Listening Brings Rewards by The National Park Service

Snowy, wintry view of microphones installed in a binaural configuration to record natural sounds in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Jacob Job

How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely – American Astronomical Society (AAS)

Child using a special projector to view the eclipse by looking at the ground through a projector to utilize the shadow on the ground to view the eclipse safely.

Data Analyst FAQ

Below are the answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about being an Eclipse Soundscapes: Field Researcher

Help monitor the effects of solar eclipses on wildlife in Central and South America with Sounds in the Darkness

Map of the North, Central, and South America with the path of the April 8, 2023 total solar eclipse overlayed.

Deep Listening Brings Rewards by The National Park Service

Snowy, wintry view of microphones installed in a binaural configuration to record natural sounds in Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Jacob Job

How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely – American Astronomical Society (AAS)

Child using a special projector to view the eclipse by looking at the ground through a projector to utilize the shadow on the ground to view the eclipse safely.