Visualizing dynamic systems in three dimensions

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Energy and Technology Review (Livermore, California); (United States)

OSTI ID:7306789

Crawfis, R A; Max, N L

Modern computers have enabled researchers to gather ever more massive quantities of data. The processing of such huge quantities of information has become humanly impossible without the intervention of scientific visualization-computer methods of converting data into visual formats that allow the information to be grasped and analyzed. We have created algorithms that allow three-dimensional data, both scalar and vector, to be represented visually. The algorithms cover a wide range of techniques, from techniques for showing the cloud cover over the globe or a portion of it, to techniques for representing global views of vector fields (such as global wind currents), to the interactive smoke generator for studying flow patterns in specific areas. Although much of our attention in developing these algorithms has been directed to atmospheric research, these algorithms can be applied to virtually any realm of scientific investigation, right down to the simulation of atomic and subatomic events.

• OSTI ID: 7306789
• Journal Information: Energy and Technology Review (Livermore, California); (United States), Journal Name: Energy and Technology Review (Livermore, California); (United States); ISSN 0884-5050
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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