Title :
Visualizing wind velocities by advecting cloud textures
Author :
Max, Nelson ; Crawfis, Roger ; Williams, Dean
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
In order to visualize both clouds and wind in climate simulations, clouds were rendered using a 3D texture which was advected by the wind flow. The simulation is described. Rendering, the advection of texture coordinates, and haze effects are discussed. Results are presented
Keywords :
clouds; data visualisation; digital simulation; flow simulation; flow visualisation; geophysical fluid dynamics; geophysics computing; image texture; rendering (computer graphics); wind; 3D texture; advection; climate simulations; cloud textures; haze effects; rendering; texture coordinates; wind flow; wind velocity visualisation; Animation; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Global warming; Grid computing; Laboratories; Predictive models; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2897-9
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235210
