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

fYear

2009

fDate

19-20 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Engineering and Computer Science, 2009. ICIECS 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4994-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIECS.2009.5365752

Filename

5365752