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DOI	10.1007/s10584-019-02537-z
	Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors’ views and assessments of visual complexity
	Harold J.; Lorenzoni I.; Shipley T.F.; Coventry K.R.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	255
结束页码	270
卷号	158 期号:2
英文摘要	Scientific figures, i.e. visuals such as graphs and diagrams, are an important component of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that support communication and policy-making. It is therefore imperative that figures are robust representations of the science and are accessible to target audiences. We interviewed IPCC authors (n = 18) to understand the development of figures in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Working Group 1 (WG1) Summary for Policy-Makers (SPM). Authors expressed the view that the need to maintain scientific accuracy constrained making figures more accessible, with the consequence that figures retained complexity and often required specialists to explain the figures to others. Using sort tasks with IPCC authors and with a group of non-specialists (undergraduate students; n = 38), we found that IPCC authors generally had good awareness of which figures non-specialists perceived as being most difficult to understand. Further, by evaluating the visual complexity of the AR5 WG1 SPM figures using a computational measure, we found that greater visual complexity (i.e. high quantity of information, use of multiple colours and densely packed visual elements) is associated with greater perceived comprehension difficulty. Developing and integrating computational approaches to assess figures alongside user testing could help inform how to overcome visual complexity while maintaining scientific rigour and so enhance communication of IPCC figures and scientific visuals. © 2019, The Author(s).
英文关键词	Climate science; Complexity; IPCC; Science communication; visual design
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Decision making; Integration testing; Students; Climate science; Complexity; IPCC; Science communications; Visual design; Climate change; assessment method; complexity; design method; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; policy making
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147336
作者单位	School of Psychology and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom; School of Environmental Sciences, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) Research Group, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States; School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Harold J.,Lorenzoni I.,Shipley T.F.,等. Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors’ views and assessments of visual complexity[J],2020,158(2).
APA	Harold J.,Lorenzoni I.,Shipley T.F.,&Coventry K.R..(2020).Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors’ views and assessments of visual complexity.Climatic Change,158(2).
MLA	Harold J.,et al."Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors’ views and assessments of visual complexity".Climatic Change 158.2(2020).