Visual Analysis and Detection of Contrails in Aircraft Engine Simulations

Abstract

Fig. 1. Visual analysis of contrails using multiple coordinated views. (A) Filters for I/O/model parameters and color legend. (B) Colored-tile glyphs representing groups of same-parameter ensemble members; the bottom run is currently selected. A large number of runs appear to share the same input parameters. (C) Filament plots grouping output parameters of all ensemble runs; the current run is highlighted and appears significantly different. (D) 3D plumes of two similar runs, showing cooling temperatures further down the jet plume, along with animated particle trajectories. (E) Contrail evolution panel displaying the progression of contrail structures, showing a general trend where smaller groups merge into larger groups.