Visual Representation of Vector Fields Recent Developments and Research Directions

The state of the art in the visual representation of vector and tensor fields is described. Fundamentals and basic techniques are covered, and recent advances in the field are reviewed, such as extensions of volume rendering, vector field topology, streamline and stream surface generation, particle-based techniques, tensor field visualization, and the selection and visualization of salient features of the data. Research issues in vector field and CFD visualization are identified, including interaction, validation, and quality assessment. For a fruitful development of the field, it is argued that integration of knowledge and results from several related domains is desirable.

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