Title :
Communicating Coastal Risk Analysis in an Age of Climate Change
Author :
Blanton, Brian ; McGee, John ; Kapeljushnik, Oleg
Author_Institution :
Renaissance Comput. Inst., Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Abstract :
Complex science and large volumes of disparate data required for risk analysis of coastal hazards can be very difficult to communicate effectively to government and business decision makers. Including potential future scenarios as a result of climate change complicates matters further. An immersive visualization environment integrating data from high resolution imagery, sensed and measured data, model output, and more, that can scale from the desktop to large dome theater venues demonstrate promise for greatly enhancing the impact and reach of these scientific endeavors.
Keywords :
data visualisation; geophysics computing; hazards; risk analysis; climate change; coastal hazard; coastal risk analysis; immersive visualization environment; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Floods; Sea measurements; Storms; Surges; WorldWide Telescope; coastal hazards; coastal risk; decision support; visualization;
Conference_Titel :
E-Science (e-Science), 2011 IEEE 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2163-2
DOI :
10.1109/eScience.2011.20