Modeling of clouds from satellite images using metaballs

Proceedings - Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 53-60

  Dobashi, Yoshinori ^a   Nishita, Tomoyuki ^b   Yamashita, Hideo ^c   Okita, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EARTH (PLANET); FLIGHT SIMULATORS; SPACE FLIGHT;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY VALUE; IMAGE-BASED MODELING; METABALLS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SYNTHESIZED IMAGES; WEATHER INFORMATION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 33746964565     PISSN: 15504085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCCGA.1998.731998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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