Introduction to Scientific Visualization

By: Helen Wright

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AboutThisBook This book was ?rst suggested to Springer in 2004, though its origins go back to changes made two years earlier to the structure of the University of Hull's Computer Science programme. At the same time, my own visualization - search was leading towards a systematic view of data and techniques that I felt could be educationally valuable. In 2003 I thus sat down with some trepidation to write a visualization course founded on research in the area but nonetheless accessible to students. This course could, however, involve no mathematics beyond GCSE, in line with university admissions practices of that time. Writing the course involved generating many new illustrations, in the form of both line drawings and visualization screenshots and, wi- ing to get maximum mileage out of this e?ort, the idea of writing a book to accompany the course came about. At the University of Hull, our practical visualization teaching is based on IRIS Explorer, an application builder-type package from NAG Ltd. Ori- nally this book was to have been both an introduction to visualization and a handbook for beginners in IRIS Explorer, with 'virtual laboratories' running throughout it to illustrate certain points. Following comments from revi- ers, however, its emphasis has changed.

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"Wright, after an overview of the field, presents the basics of color, provides an exemplary taxonomy of visualization techniques ... . the book also contains a bibliography, references, solutions to exercises, a list of useful Web sites, common abbreviations, a glossary, and a comprehensive index. ... all the visualization techniques are lucidly described, with clear ... examples, corresponding charts, and color plates. ... Readers looking for a short and accessible introduction to visualization techniques can't go wrong with Wright's book." (D. Spinellis, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2008)

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Preface	p. VII
About This Book	p. VII
Acknowledgments	p. VIII
Introduction	p. 1
Potential and Pitfalls	p. 7
Understanding Data	p. 7
Using Space	p. 8
Using Colour	p. 16
Using Animation	p. 17
Misunderstanding Data	p. 19
Using the Right Tool for the Right Job	p. 19
The Perils of Interpolation	p. 22
Problems	p. 25
Models and Software	p. 27
A Dataflow Model of Visualization	p. 27
Visualization Scenarios	p. 30
Computational Steering	p. 30
Distributed and Collaborative Visualization	p. 31
Visualization Software	p. 33
Historical Context	p. 33
Current Approaches	p. 33
Problems	p. 36
Colour in Scientific Visualization	p. 37
The Electromagnetic Spectrum	p. 37
Colour Perception	p. 38
Modelling Colour	p. 40
RGB Colour Model	p. 40
HSV Colour Model	p. 41
Relating RGB and HSV	p. 44
Mapping Data to Colours	p. 46
Nonlinear Colour Mapping	p. 47
'Linear' Colour Mapping	p. 48
Perceptual Effects and Colour Vision Deficiency	p. 50
Problems	p. 54
Choosing Techniques	p. 55
Classifying Data	p. 55
Dependent and Independent Variables	p. 55
Data Domain	p. 58
Scalar and Vector Types	p. 60
Taxonomy of Visualization Techniques	p. 64
Problems	p. 68
Visualizing Scalars	p. 69
1D Data	p. 69
Bar Chart, Pie Chart, and Scatterplot	p. 69
Histogram and Line Graph	p. 72
2D Data	p. 73
2D Bar Chart	p. 73
2D Histogram	p. 75
Bounded Region Plot	p. 76
Image Display	p. 76
Making a Framework	p. 78
Contour Plot	p. 81
Surface View	p. 84
Height-field Plot	p. 87
3D Data	p. 90
Reduction to 2D	p. 90
Isosurface	p. 93
Volume Render	p. 98
Problems	p. 102
Visualizing Vectors	p. 103
Arrow Plot	p. 104
Streamline and Timeline	p. 106
Streamribbon, Streamsurface, and Streamtube	p. 108
Time Surface	p. 110
Flow Texture	p. 112
Unsteady Flow	p. 112
Problems	p. 115
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 117
References	p. 125
Solutions	p. 129
Useful Information	p. 135
Web Sites	p. 135
Abbreviations	p. 136
Definitions	p. 138
Index	p. 145
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