Scalable multi-variate analytics of seismic and satellite-based observational data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1413-1420

  Yuan, Xiaoru ^a   Xiao, He ^a   Guo, Hanqi ^a   Guo, Peihong ^a   Kendall, Wesley ^b   Huang, Jian ^b   Zhang, Yongxian ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Earth Science Visualization; Multivariate Visualization; Scalable Visualization; Seismic Data

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; DATA SIZE; DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTS; DRILL-DOWN; FORM FACTORS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT POLICY; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; HUMAN POPULATION; MULTI-MODAL DATA; MULTIVARIATE VISUALIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SCALABLE VISUALIZATION; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC EVENT; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH SCIENCES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 78149269110     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2010.192     Document Type: Article

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