A 3D Display System for Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) Data

Abstract

Lightning detection is an essential part of safety and resource protection at Cape Canaveral. In order to meet the unique needs of launching space vehicles in the thunderstorm prone Florida environment, Cape Canaveral has the only operational three- dimensional (3D) lightning detection network in the world, the Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) system. Although lightning activity is detected in three dimensions, the current LDAR display, developed 20 years ago, is two-dimensional. This thesis uses modern three-dimensional graphics, object-oriented software design, and innovative visualization techniques to develop a 3D visualization application for LDAR data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383873

Entities

People

  • Michael W. Darwin

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Visualization
  • Detection
  • Display Systems
  • Geometry
  • Graphics
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Programming Languages
  • Range Finding
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects