Using visual analytics to develop situation awareness in astrophysics

Information Visualization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-41

  Aragon, Cecilia R ^a   Poon, Sarah S ^a   Aldering, Gregory S ^a   Thomas, Rollin C ^a   Quimby, Robert ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Data and knowledge visualization; Scientific analytics; Scientific visualization; Situation awareness; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

DATA AND KNOWLEDGE VISUALIZATION; SCIENTIFIC ANALYTICS; SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION; SITUATION AWARENESS; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

ASTROPHYSICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 65249147143     PISSN: 14738716     EISSN: 14738724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ivs.2008.30     Document Type: Article

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