Scalar Topology
Scalar Topology
| Scalar topology visualization is an application of the work on visualization of critical points of
vector fields to the gradient field of a scalar variable. The resulting visualizations have the benefit of
representing scalar structure at all scales, unlike colormapped display of a scalar field, in which
small scale structure is frequently washed-out by large scale structures. The orthogonal relationship
of the scalar topology and scalar contours offers an interesting dual visualization technique for
enhancing scalar fields. The following images and movies display the scalar field topology for a pion collision simulation. The results consist of 51 timesteps. Notice that because the scalar topology has the benefit of detecting structure at all scales, we also get the side effect that noise is captured as well. |
Four timesteps of the pion collision. |
Movie |
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