TY - GEN
T1 - Visual representation of the joplin tornadic storm
AU - Bock, David
AU - Jewett, Brian
N1 - This research was funded in part by the XSEDE 2.0: Integrating, Enabling and Enhancing National Cyberinfrastructure with Expanding Community Involvement project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (award 1548562).
PY - 2018/7/22
Y1 - 2018/7/22
N2 - Simulations of the Joplin, MO severe storm and tornado were carried out at the University of Illinois using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). The simulations addressed the rapid intensification of the storm prior to tornado formation, and the possible role of storm interaction. The ability to modify the environment in which storms develop is one key advantage of simulation studies in addressing scientific hypotheses. To better understand these simulations, custom visualization software is used to investigate the unique relationships between a variety of variables that led to this event. Visualization sequences are designed with consideration of spatial scale, differing viewpoints, and integration of volumetric, surface, and particle primitives to maximize insight and understanding.
AB - Simulations of the Joplin, MO severe storm and tornado were carried out at the University of Illinois using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). The simulations addressed the rapid intensification of the storm prior to tornado formation, and the possible role of storm interaction. The ability to modify the environment in which storms develop is one key advantage of simulation studies in addressing scientific hypotheses. To better understand these simulations, custom visualization software is used to investigate the unique relationships between a variety of variables that led to this event. Visualization sequences are designed with consideration of spatial scale, differing viewpoints, and integration of volumetric, surface, and particle primitives to maximize insight and understanding.
KW - Particle tracing
KW - Tornadic storms
KW - Volume rendering
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051431772
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051431772#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/3219104.3229432
DO - 10.1145/3219104.3229432
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051431772
SN - 9781450364461
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2018
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2018 Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing Conference: Seamless Creativity, PEARC 2018
Y2 - 22 July 2017 through 26 July 2017
ER -