Glyphs for Visualizing Uncertainty in Vector Fields
@article{Wittenbrink1996GlyphsFV, title={Glyphs for Visualizing Uncertainty in Vector Fields}, author={C. Wittenbrink and A. Pang and S. Lodha}, journal={IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.}, year={1996}, volume={2}, pages={266-279} }
Environmental data have inherent uncertainty which is often ignored in visualization. [...] Key Method Our glyph shows the variation in uncertainty, and provides fair comparisons of data from instruments, models, and time averages of varying certainty. We also define visualizations that incorporate uncertainty in an unambiguous manner as verity visualization. We use both quantitative and qualitative methods to compare our glyphs to traditional ones. Subjective comparison tests with experts are provided, as well…Expand
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