Isocontour based visualization of time-varying scalar fields

Mathematics and Visualization

Volumn 0, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-68

  Mascarenhas, Ajith ^a   Snoeyink, Jack ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION; ISO-CONTOURS; LEVEL SET; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SCALAR FIELDS; TIME VARYING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84979006366     PISSN: 16123786     EISSN: 2197666X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/b106657_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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