Title :
Research on Visualization of Radar Beam Considering Virtual Environment Effect
Author :
Ying, Gao ; Weiyuan, Liu ; Lei, Lei ; Shuxia, Guo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Marine Eng., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
In a virtual battlefield environment, the 3D visualization of the abstract information of radar beam under the environmental influence of the terrain and weather is the current development trend of the visualization of electromagnetic information. In this article, we have designed two methods by the OpenGL function to complete the drawing of the spatial beam pattern that is inserted into the virtual battlefield environment. And then we combined the stereoscopic concept with the research, and studied the information visualization methods of the radar beam that were under the influence of different environmental factors with the premise of that the radar beam parameters and the terrain elevation data and other relevant parameters were acquired. At last, the users could be able to get electromagnetic battlefield information they need vividly and intuitively, which could make them determine more promptly.
Keywords :
computer graphics; military computing; virtual reality; 3D visualization; OpenGL function; abstract information; electromagnetic battlefield information; electromagnetic information; information visualization methods; radar beam parameters; radar beam visualization; spatial beam pattern; stereoscopic concept; terrain elevation data; virtual battlefield environment effect; Attenuation; Beams; Data visualization; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetics; Mathematical model; Radar; OpenGL; beam; electromagnetic signals; virtual environment; visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS), 2010 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kiev
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7293-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7294-9
DOI :
10.1109/ITCS.2010.92