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This study proposes a multiple scatter plots based multi-dimensional transfer function for visualizing characteristic structures from ocean simulation data. In the proposed method, characteristic features are manually extracted in a couple of 2-dimensional scatter plots using visual effect and empirical judgment based on user’s existing knowledge. Extracted structures in each 2-variable space are assigned to other color dimensions such as Hue, Saturation and Brightness for the purposes of feature specification and classification. We applied the proposed method to high-resolution ocean data in two different regions. Ocean currents are intuitively extracted in multiple scatter plots and represented using multi-dimensional transfer functions.
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Matsuoka, D., Araki, F., Yamashita, Y. (2014). Multiple Scatter Plots Based Multi-dimensional Transfer Function for Visualizing Ocean Simulation Data. In: Tanaka, S., Hasegawa, K., Xu, R., Sakamoto, N., Turner, S.J. (eds) AsiaSim 2014. AsiaSim 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 474. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45289-9_17
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