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3D Cloud Animation using Cloud Modeling Method of 2D Meteorological Satellite Images  

Lee, Jeong-Jin (Dept. of Digital Media, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kang, Moon-Koo (Charming Incorporated)
Lee, Ho (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University)
Shin, Byeong-Seok (Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.10, no.1, 2010 , pp. 147-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose 3D cloud animation by cloud modeling method of 2D images retrieved from a meteorological satellite. First, on the satellite images, we locate numerous control points to perform thin-plate spline warping analysis between consecutive frames for the modeling of cloud motion. In addition, the spectrum channels of visible and infrared wavelengths are used to determine the amount and altitude of clouds for 3D cloud image reconstruction. Pre-integrated volume rendering method is used to achieve seamless inter-laminar shades in real-time using small number of slices of the volume data. The proposed method could successfully construct continuously moving 3D clouds from 2D satellite images at an acceptable speed and image quality.
Keywords
Cloud modeling; 3D cloud animation; Thin-plate spline warping;
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