Visualization of spherical data by Yin-Yang grid

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1534-1538

  Ohno, Nobuaki ^a   Kageyama, Akira ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Visualization; Yin Yang grid

Indexed keywords

DATA DISTRIBUTION; GEODYNAMO; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL SIMULATIONS; GRID CONVERGENCE; GRID SYSTEMS; MANTLE CONVECTION; OVERSET GRID; REMAPPING; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; SPHERICAL POLAR COORDINATES; VISUALIZATION TOOLS; YIN-YANG GRID;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; DATA PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICS; SPHERES; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 68849117447     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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