Send in the Clouds

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Author(s)

• Geoffrey Y.Gardner
  • Email : gyg@tech.grumman.com

Institute(s)

• Northrop Grumman Data
  • Country : USA

Project : Data Systems Division Technology Department

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Description

Cumulous cloud development is simulated using fractal ellipsoids to model the clouds. The ellipsoids are positioned and scaled by a heuristic dynamic model based on the "parcel" theory, which describes cloud development in terms of air bubbles heated by external sources such as radiated terrain heat. As a bubble of air is heated, it expands and rises into the cooler atmosphere above until it reaches an altitude where moistures condenses to form a cloud. The condensation releases heat within the bubble and the process continues to a point of equilibrium.

• Date : 90

• Category : Simulation

• Keys Words :

  • Computer Graphics
  • Fractal Ellipsoids
  • Dynamic simulation

• Theme(s) :

  • Clouds
  • Fractals (ellipsoids)

Technical Information

This simulation was performed using proprietary software written in Fortran running on a Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS 4D/25G workstation.

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More Information...

• Bibliography :

  Dr.Geoffrey Y.Gardner has been a Senior Staff Scientist at Northtrop Grumman Data Systems Division since 1986. He has been working in the field of Computer Graphics since 1976.
  
  

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• Some internal links :

  Same Author

  Forest Fire Simulation

  Same Institute

  Forest Fire Simulation

• Some more Comments :

  information from an email message sent by G.Y.Gardner

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