Turning weather data into music could help Southeast Alaska students hear their changing environment

Rainbow near the Wrangell Narrows. (Photo by Angela Denning/CoastAlaska)
Imagine the sound of wind chimes. It’s pretty — but it’s more than that.
“The wind chime is a really interesting translation, and musicification or a sonification of an unseen environmental phenomenon,” said University of Oregon researcher Chet Udell. “It’s giving me information that could be useful if I’m curious about how windy it is outside. And it also is aesthetically ple