Title :
NOAA-AVHRR and 4D GIS-towards a more realistic view of fog clearance
Author :
Bendix, Jörg ; Berthmann, Frank ; Reudenbach, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Geogr., Munchen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The development of a 4D GIS application for the realistic rendering of fog clearance is presented. The system comprises of a 2D raster GIS, a 3D volume rendering technique and a 4D animation procedure. The application extensively uses NOAA-AVHRR data to provide a realistic view of fog coverage and fog optical properties
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; computer graphics; data visualisation; fog; geographic information systems; geophysics computing; weather forecasting; 2D raster GIS; 3D volume rendering; 4D GIS; AVHRR; NOAA; animation procedure; atmosphere; boundary layer; computer graphics; fog; fog clearance; fog coverage; geographic information system; geophysics computing; meteorology; optical properties; realistic rendering; realistic view; remote sensing; scientific data visualization; surface layer; weather forecast; weather forecasting; Clouds; Data visualization; Geographic Information Systems; Geography; Meteorology; Numerical models; Optical films; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775087
