The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Dashboard (and self introduction)

This is a web app I put together in my previous position as an environmental data scientist. It allows climate researchers, policy makers and the general public to explore CDIAC data and generate quality visualizations for publications and presentations. The data are carbon emissions from fossil fuel use aggregated by country, economic sector, and fuel type (solid, liquid, and gas). CDIAC is near and dear to my heart; Dr. Marland and I produced the last 3 years’ datasets, which contributed to the Global Carbon Budget for 2022, 2023, and 2024.

You can find the dashboard web app here!

And you can read more about CDIAC here, if that also interests you!

Edit: After seeing more of the other show and tells, I realized I should definitely include a few pictures!

It’s hosted on the “DataDash” application platform (which I also put together with Dash!) It allowed the university to deploy Python web applications for the first time, and it incorporated the university’s single sign-on with 2-factor auth. I actually put together the entire stack with some assistance from a friend in IT. We used kubernetes + docker to manage the application server and for containerization, respectively. Very shoestring budget, but it works great.

Introduction to me: Hey all! :wave: :disguised_face: I’m brand new to this forum, so I thought I’d share one of my apps first. To be honest, I’m a pretty shy person online, and it’s intimidating for me to get started posting places like this. I’d like to be more involved with the community, and, cards all on the table, I’ve been looking for a new position for a while at this point. I’m hoping to meet some folks who are interested in the same kind of work to share leads and tips.

I’d also just love a place to share my projects and see others’ work. I hope you enjoy the dashboard, and I look forward to meeting you!

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Hi @hefnermw

Welcome to the Dash community! :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks for sharing your app—it looks fantastic!

It’s completely understandable to feel a little intimidated when posting for the first time (I know I did too! :smile:), but please know that this is a friendly and supportive community. We’re glad you’re here!

There are plenty of ways to connect—join us for Figure Friday each week or the monthly community meet-up. You can find more details, along with other activities you might like, in the last Dash Club newsletter.

Looking forward to seeing more of your contributions! :rocket:

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That’s an amazing project and app, @hefnermw . Thank you for sharing.
In fact, I’d love to showcase this app on the Plotly Examples page, if you would be ok with that, Matt.

This sunburst really interested me. When I activated the animation I could see how the major shift took place between North America and Asia Pacific.

Thank you for the warm welcome @AnnMarieW! That newsletter is very helpful :slightly_smiling_face: I’ll have to throw my hat into ‘figure friday’ sometime soon.

I would be honored to have my app showcased, @adamschroeder! Thank you. That sunburst animation was one of my favorite parts of the dashboard to build. Accurately characterizing that shift is a major part of carbon accounting research (and it looks cool!)

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