Scientific visualization in astronomy: Towards the petascale astronomy era

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-170

  Hassan, Amr ^a   Fluke, Christopher J ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

methods: data analysis; techniques: miscellaneous

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959558723     PISSN: 13233580     EISSN: 14486083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AS10031     Document Type: Article

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