Title :
Cylindrical Volume Rendering on Radar Information in Complicated Environment
Author :
Yang, Chao ; Xu, Jiangbin ; Song, Hanchen ; Wu, Lingda
Author_Institution :
C4ISR Technol. Key Lab., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
3D visualization on radar information is one of the most important research fields in virtual battle space, and it´s useful in radar performance analysis. This paper presents a novel cylindrical volume rendering approach on visualizing the radar information in complicated environment. 3D radar volumetric data is calculated based on advanced propagation model (APM), which takes into account the effects of irregular terrain and atmosphere, and the data is rendered by assigning different color and opacity depending on user´s interactive input with color picker. This approach provides excellent decision supporting and plan-aiding for users.
Keywords :
data visualisation; image colour analysis; radar computing; rendering (computer graphics); terrain mapping; virtual reality; 3D radar volumetric data; 3D visualization; advanced propagation model; color picker; complicated environment; cylindrical volume rendering; radar information; radar performance analysis; virtual battle space; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Data visualization; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic propagation; Hardware; Optical refraction; Rendering (computer graphics); Space technology; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Information Engineering and Computer Science, 2009. ICIECS 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4994-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIECS.2009.5365752
