Large datasets at a glance: combining textures and colors in scientific visualization

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-167

  Healey, Christopher G ^a   Enns, James T ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE CODING; STORMS; VISION;

COLOR CATEGORY; LINEAR SEPARATION; MULTIVARIATE DATASET; PEXEL; PREATTENTIVE PROCESSING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION; TYPHOON;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0033359383     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2945.773807     Document Type: Article

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