State of the art in flow visualization in the environmental sciences

Bujack, Roxana Barbara; Middel, Ariane

doi:10.1007/s12665-019-8800-4

Title: State of the art in flow visualization in the environmental sciences

Journal Article · 10 January 2020 · Environmental Earth Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8800-4 · OSTI ID:1768543

^[1]; Middel, Ariane ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)

Flow plays a major role in environmental sciences, because many of the Earth’s physical and biological processes involve movement. Yet, there are major differences between theoretically available and practically applied visualization techniques to represent flow. This paper surveys various techniques in computational and environmental flow visualization. Techniques from the computational flow visualization community are classified into geometric, texture-based, topology-based, and feature-based approaches. Further, environmental flow applications are categorized into four application domains (atmospheric science, ecology, geosciences, and urban environments). Finally, computational and environmental visualization approaches are compared to exhibit gaps and suggest solutions on how to bridge the gap. Outcomes from this literature review will inform the development of strategic initiatives for both future flow visualization research and flow visualization in the environmental sciences.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: German Research Foundation (DFG); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1768543

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--19-31637

Journal Information:: Environmental Earth Sciences, Journal Name: Environmental Earth Sciences Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 79; ISSN 1866-6280

Publisher:: Springer-VerlagCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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