Visual Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data: Applications in Weather Forecasting

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 381 - 390
• Main Authors: Diehl, A., Pelorosso, L., Delrieux, C., Saulo, C., Ruiz, J., Gröller, M. E., Bruckner, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Analysis; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); Climatology; Computer graphics; Economic conditions; I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Picture/Image Generation-Viewing algorithms; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques Interaction techniques; I.3.8 [Computer Graphics]: Applications-Weather Forecast Analysis; Interactive; Mathematical models; Selectors; Social conditions & trends; Studies; Visual; Visualization; Weather; Weather forecasting

Weather conditions affect multiple aspects of human life such as economy, safety, security, and social activities. For this reason, weather forecast plays a major role in society. Currently weather forecasts are based on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models that generate a representation of the...