Palamidese, P.Crise, A.2014-10-212014-10-2119941467-8659https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8659.1340243Building animations is a current practice to study problems in the computational and experimental sciences. There are several classes of applications which generate descriptions of complex phenomena, based on a large variety of variables. In this paper, we discuss the application of traditional animation techniques, such as interpolation and kinematics animation, and of visualization techniques, like mapping, to the production of animation of multivariate data. Some examples of animation are illustrated from simulated bio-physical models of a sea basin.10.1111/1467-8659.1340243243-248