Feature extraction for oceanographic data using a 3D edge operator

Author

Moorehead, R.J. ; Zhu, Zhifan

Author_Institution

NSF Eng. Res. Center for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State Univ., MS, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

25-29 Oct 1993

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

405

Abstract

The features of greatest interest in ocean modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Stream are the fronts and eddies. Resolving, modeling, and tracking these eddies over time is of great importance for climatological studies and economic advancement. In this paper we present a novel technique for automatically locating, contouring, and tracking oceanic features such as eddies and fronts. The models and resultant visualizations exhibit excellent correlation with observed data

Keywords

climatology; data visualisation; edge detection; feature extraction; geophysics computing; modelling; oceanographic regions; oceanography; 3D edge operator; Gulf Stream; Gulf of Mexico; climatological studies; contouring; economic advancement; eddies; feature extraction; feature location; fronts; modeling; models; ocean modeling; oceanographic data; resolution; tracking; visualizations; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Economic forecasting; Feature extraction; Ocean temperature; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Radar tracking; Satellites; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 1993. Visualization '93, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3940-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398901

Filename

398901