Visualisation strategies for environmental modelling data

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3857-3868

  Rink, Karsten ^a   Bilke, Lars ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Hydrology; OpenGeoSys Data Explorer; Virtual reality; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; MAPPING ALGORITHMS; MODELLING OF NATURAL PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE DATA SETS; OPENGEOSYS DATA EXPLORER; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; THERMAL PROCESS;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 84946915678     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2970-2     Document Type: Article

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