Visual data exploration for hydrological analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1395-1403

  Rink, Karsten ^a   Kalbacher, Thomas ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D visualisation; Data exploration; Hydrological processes; IWAS; OpenGeoSys; TERENO

Indexed keywords

DATA EXPLORATION; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; IWAS; OPENGEOSYS; TERENO;

INTEGRATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION; WATER RESOURCES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATORY; SURVEYING; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84856976887     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1230-6     Document Type: Article

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