Visualization of Spherical Geometries Produced by Large Scale Simulation on the Cray T3E at Manchester, UK

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Visualization of Spherical Geometries Produced by Large Scale Simulation on the Cray T3E at Manchester, UK

Contents

Introduction

Motivation

Case Study: Seismic Tomography and Convection Modelling Of the Earth’s Mantle by the Terra Group

Mantle V Atmosphere

Their Problems: My View

Modelling the shell

3D Visualization

Resource Restrictions

Their Ethos

3D Visualization of a Thick Spherical Shell

Special Challenges/Problems

This Visualization Scheme

Slide 15

Resampling the data cells

Resample the poles.

Display and data reduction issues

Reference Data

Data/Information Management

Slide 21

Tools For Visualization, VR and Computational Steering

What were they originally designed for

Other Fields That Use Thick Spherical Shells

Author: Joanna Leng