A modeling and rendering method for snow by using metaballs

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages C357-C364

  Nishita, Tomoyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Dobashi, Yoshinori ^b   Nakamae, Eihachiro ^c  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metaball; Mie scattering; Multiple scattering; Snow; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; SNOW;

MIE SCATTERING; NATURAL SCENES; RENDERING METHOD;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0031553013     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8659.00173     Document Type: Article

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