Chromatic Display of Digital Weather Data

Abstract

The global circulation model of the Rand Climate Dynamics Study is briefly described. The present method of interpretation of data from this program is discussed; in many cases the hard copy is difficult to interpret because the lines defining the contour intervals overlap, coincide, and become indistinguishable. Some possible alternative or complementary techniques using both pseudocolor and false color for display of these data are presented, in which digital data are transformed to black-and-white intermediate film strips and subsequently combined to produce color images. A method of testing the new techniques to determine their merit is suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787392

Entities

People

  • Jeannine V. Lamar
  • Roy H. Stratton

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Cloud Cover
  • Color Displays
  • Color Television
  • Digital Data
  • Display Systems
  • Gray Scale
  • Grids
  • High Temperature
  • Image Registration
  • Images
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Meteorological Data
  • Observers
  • Simulations
  • Television Systems

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.