Task-specific visualization design: a case study in operational weather forecasting

Treinish,

doi:10.1109/visual.1998.745330

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“…As suggested by Treinish [Tre02] visualization methods in meteorology require a very generic approach. The demand for a flexible and complex composition of different algorithms, filters and visualization techniques led us to incorporate a data flow paradigm that internally represents the data processing pipeline as a directed graph.…”

Section: Node-based Editormentioning

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Extraction and Visual Analysis of Potential Vorticity Banners around the Alps

Bader

Sprenger

Ban

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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Potential vorticity (PV) is a quantity that can be computed by combining the rotation and stratification in the atmosphere. Due to the combination of these physical processes potential vorticity is considered as one of the most important scalar quantities in atmospheric dynamics. It is able to explain the occurrence of frontal rain bands and plays a key role in particularly strong wind peaks in extratropical cyclones. When wind flows around mountain peaks, rather than over it, a potential vorticity accumulation shaped as elongated banners forms in the mountain's lee. The role of these so called potential vorticity banners has recently raised considerable interest in the meteorological community for instance due to their influence in aviation wind hazards and maritime transport. I thankfully look back at a great experience while working on this Thesis. I particularly want to thank my supervisor Dr. Tobias Günther who supported me while I was working on this Master Thesis. I am very grateful to Tobias's challenging questions and valuable advise which played a central role to complete this work. I learned a lot from our respectful, open and friendly interactions we had.

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Section: Node-based Editormentioning

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Extraction and Visual Analysis of Potential Vorticity Banners around the Alps

Bader

Sprenger

Ban

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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“…The few reports on the usage of 3-D visualization of atmospheric model data in forecasting date to the 1990s and early 2000s. Treinish (1996), Treinish and Rothfusz (1997) and Treinish (1998) reported on experiments with 3-D visualization for local forecasting during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. They concluded that an advantage of their 3-D methods was "that they virtually eliminated the need to laboriously evaluate numerous two-dimensional images", however, noted a lack of interactivity due to limitations in computational performance.…”

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“…Despite the 3-D nature of the atmosphere, 3-D visualization methods have not found widespread usage, even though there have been promising attempts in the 1990s and early 2000s that suggested added value (Treinish and Rothfusz, 1997;Koppert et al, 1998;McCaslin et al, 2000). Various hindering factors are discussed in the literature, including resistance of forecasters to adapt to new 3-D visualization methods that are decoupled from their "familiar" 2-D products (Koppert et al, 1998;Szoke et al, 2003), problems with spatial perception in 3-D renderings (Szoke et al, 2003), as well as issues due to limited performance (Treinish and Rothfusz, 1997) and the need for dedicated graphics workstation hardware (Koppert et al, 1998).…”

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Three-dimensional visualization of ensemble weather forecasts – Part 1: The visualization tool Met.3D (version 1.0)

Rautenhaus¹,

Kern²,

Schäfler

et al. 2015

Geosci. Model Dev.

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Abstract. We present "Met.3D", a new open-source tool for the interactive three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of numerical ensemble weather predictions. The tool has been developed to support weather forecasting during aircraft-based atmospheric field campaigns; however, it is applicable to further forecasting, research and teaching activities. Our work approaches challenging topics related to the visual analysis of numerical atmospheric model output – 3-D visualization, ensemble visualization and how both can be used in a meaningful way suited to weather forecasting. Met.3D builds a bridge from proven 2-D visualization methods commonly used in meteorology to 3-D visualization by combining both visualization types in a 3-D context. We address the issue of spatial perception in the 3-D view and present approaches to using the ensemble to allow the user to assess forecast uncertainty. Interactivity is key to our approach. Met.3D uses modern graphics technology to achieve interactive visualization on standard consumer hardware. The tool supports forecast data from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and can operate directly on ECMWF hybrid sigma-pressure level grids. We describe the employed visualization algorithms, and analyse the impact of the ECMWF grid topology on computing 3-D ensemble statistical quantities. Our techniques are demonstrated with examples from the T-NAWDEX-Falcon 2012 (THORPEX – North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment) campaign.

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“…At an even more detailed level of analysis, Darken and Sibert [18] suggest that wayfinding behaviour, which is similar in scope to Bowman's navigation, can be subdivided into three largely mutually exclusive categories: naïve search, primed search, and exploration (essentially spatial comprehension). Over a decade ago, Treinish [79] underlined the importance of linking user-interaction methods to tasks in 3D visualizations. Task and interface taxonomies such as those described above provide a useful starting point in identifying common tasks undertaken with VGs and VGEs and linking these to interface designs which contribute to the effective completion of those tasks.…”

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The design-by-adaptation approach to universal access: learning from videogame technology

Shepherd

Bleasdale-Shepherd

2010

Univ Access Inf Soc

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This paper proposes an alternative approach to the design of universally accessible interfaces to that provided by formal design frameworks applied ab initio to the development of new software. This approach, design-by-adaptation, involves the transfer of interface technology and/or design principles from one application domain to another, in situations where the recipient domain is similar to the host domain in terms of modelled systems, tasks and users. Using the example of interaction in 3D virtual environments, the paper explores how principles underlying the design of videogame interfaces may be applied to a broad family of visualization and analysis software which handles geographical data (virtual geographic environments, or VGEs). One of the motivations behind the current study is that VGE technology lags some way behind videogame technology in the modelling of 3D environments, and has a less-developed track record in providing the variety of interaction methods needed to undertake varied tasks in 3D virtual worlds by users with varied levels of experience. The current analysis extracted a set of interaction principles from videogames which were used to devise a set of 3D task interfaces that have been implemented in a prototype VGE for formal evaluation.

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Task-specific visualization design: a case study in operational weather forecasting

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Extraction and Visual Analysis of Potential Vorticity Banners around the Alps

Extraction and Visual Analysis of Potential Vorticity Banners around the Alps

Three-dimensional visualization of ensemble weather forecasts – Part 1: The visualization tool Met.3D (version 1.0)

The design-by-adaptation approach to universal access: learning from videogame technology

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