Visualizing wind velocities by advecting cloud textures

Author

Max, Nelson ; Crawfis, Roger ; Williams, Dean

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

19-23 Oct 1992

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

184

Abstract

In order to visualize both clouds and wind in climate simulations, clouds were rendered using a 3D texture which was advected by the wind flow. The simulation is described. Rendering, the advection of texture coordinates, and haze effects are discussed. Results are presented

Keywords

clouds; data visualisation; digital simulation; flow simulation; flow visualisation; geophysical fluid dynamics; geophysics computing; image texture; rendering (computer graphics); wind; 3D texture; advection; climate simulations; cloud textures; haze effects; rendering; texture coordinates; wind flow; wind velocity visualisation; Animation; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Global warming; Grid computing; Laboratories; Predictive models; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2897-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235210

Filename

235210

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3301185