Title :
Vector plots for irregular grids
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fDate :
29 Oct-3 Nov 1995
Abstract :
A standard method for visualizing vector fields consists of drawing many small “glyphs” to represent the field. This paper extends the technique from regular to curvilinear and unstructured grids. In order to achieve a uniform density of vector glyphs on nonuniformly spaced grids, the paper describes two approaches to resampling the grid data. One of the methods, an element-based resampling, can be used to visualize vector fields at arbitrary surfaces within three-dimensional grids
Keywords :
data visualisation; mathematics computing; vectors; arbitrary surfaces; curvilinear grids; data resampling; element-based resampling; glyphs; irregular grids; three-dimensional grids; unstructured grids; vector field visualization; vector glyphs; vector plots; Computer graphics; Data visualization; Displays; Electromagnetic scattering; Hardware; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Mesh generation; Noise generators; Surface texture;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1995. Visualization '95. Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7187-4
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1995.480819
