GRIDPROBE: a system for interactively visualizing large petroleum reservoirs

MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of Computer Graphics and Visualization 2008 and Gaming 2008: Design for Engaging Experience Soc. Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 142-150

  Lin, Jim Ching Rong ^a   Chien, David ^a   Yarus, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D interaction; Geoscience visualization; Irregular grid visualization; Reservoir visualization; Visualization application; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

3D INTERACTION; GEOSCIENCE VISUALIZATION; IRREGULAR GRID VISUALIZATION; RESERVOIR VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION APPLICATION; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 58449100291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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