TY - JOUR

T1 - Visualization for the Physical Sciences

AU - Lipşa, Dan

AU - Laramee, R.S.

AU - Cox, Simon

AU - Roberts, Jonathan C.

AU - Walker, Rick

AU - Borkin, Michelle A.

AU - Pfister, Hanspeter

PY - 2012/12/1

Y1 - 2012/12/1

N2 - Close collaboration with other scientific fields is an important goal for the visualization community. Yet engaging in a scientific collaboration can be challenging. The physical sciences, namely astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and physics, exhibit an extensive range of research directions, providing exciting challenges for visualization scientists and creating ample possibilities for collaboration. We present the first survey of its kind that provides a comprehensive view of existing work on visualization for the physical sciences. We introduce novel classification schemes based on application area, data dimensionality and main challenge addressed, and apply these classifications to each contribution from the literature. Our survey helps in understanding the status of current research and serves as a useful starting point for those interested in visualization for the physical sciences.

AB - Close collaboration with other scientific fields is an important goal for the visualization community. Yet engaging in a scientific collaboration can be challenging. The physical sciences, namely astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and physics, exhibit an extensive range of research directions, providing exciting challenges for visualization scientists and creating ample possibilities for collaboration. We present the first survey of its kind that provides a comprehensive view of existing work on visualization for the physical sciences. We introduce novel classification schemes based on application area, data dimensionality and main challenge addressed, and apply these classifications to each contribution from the literature. Our survey helps in understanding the status of current research and serves as a useful starting point for those interested in visualization for the physical sciences.

KW - Visualisation

KW - Computer Graphics

KW - Information Visualisation

KW - Scientific Visualisation

KW - Scientific collaboration

KW - Astronomy

KW - Chemistry

KW - Earth sciences

KW - Physics

KW - Survey

KW - Physical sciences

KW - Applied Computing

U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03184.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03184.x

M3 - Article

VL - 31

SP - 2317

EP - 2347

JO - Computer Graphics Forum

JF - Computer Graphics Forum

SN - 0167-7055

IS - 8

ER -