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Supercomputer-based visualization systems used for analyzing output data of a numerical weather prediction model

Published: 01 June 1990 Publication History
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    Comparison of two supercomputer-based visualization systems developed over a half-year period show that the visualization/animation efficiency is largely dependent upon the efficiencies of individual computers, networking, and memory management.
    Using a meteorological database, a case study is presented to illustrate a selection of parameters based on physical laws. Then, three-dimensional animations of selected parameters are made and used for investigating the evolutions of winter cyclone systems. The results indicate an animation with combined parameters that are physically related and reveal important cyclonic development mechanisms that could not have been seen by an animation with an individual parameter.

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                            cover image ACM Conferences
                            ICS '90: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Supercomputing
                            June 1990
                            492 pages
                            ISBN:0897913698
                            DOI:10.1145/77726
                            • cover image ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
                              ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News  Volume 18, Issue 3b
                              Special Issue: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Supercomputing
                              Sept. 1990
                              489 pages
                              ISSN:0163-5964
                              DOI:10.1145/255129
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                            Published: 01 June 1990

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                            1. meteorology
                            2. numerical weather prediction
                            3. raytracing
                            4. supercomputing
                            5. volumetric rendering
                            6. weather analysis

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