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Understanding and Interpreting Multivalued Astronomical Data
September/October 2010 (vol. 30 no. 5)
pp. 12-17
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Thomas Marrinan, Timothy Urness, Charles Nelson, Kory Kreimeyer, Jordan Mirocha, "Understanding and Interpreting Multivalued Astronomical Data," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 12-17, September/October, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MCG.2010.97,
author = {Thomas Marrinan and Timothy Urness and Charles Nelson and Kory Kreimeyer and Jordan Mirocha},
title = {Understanding and Interpreting Multivalued Astronomical Data},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {30},
number = {5},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {2010},
pages = {12-17},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2010.97},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - Understanding and Interpreting Multivalued Astronomical Data
IS - 5
SN - 0272-1716
SP12
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EPD - 12-17
A1 - Thomas Marrinan,
A1 - Timothy Urness,
A1 - Charles Nelson,
A1 - Kory Kreimeyer,
A1 - Jordan Mirocha,
PY - 2010
KW - Astronomy
KW - spectroscopy
KW - multivalued visualization
KW - volume rendering
VL - 30
JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
ER -
 
Thomas Marrinan, Drake University
Timothy Urness, Drake University
Charles Nelson, Drake University
Kory Kreimeyer, Drake University
Jordan Mirocha, Drake University
The authors describe an interactive visualization system that assists in the analysis of the kinematics of ionized gas in Seyfert galaxies' nuclear regions. The complexity of the data requires the consideration of numerous coexisting variables. They use opacity and color to analyze multiple datasets, both independently and in the context of one another, to identify the mechanism powering a Seyfert galaxy's nuclear outflow.

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Index Terms:
Astronomy, spectroscopy, multivalued visualization, volume rendering
Citation:
Thomas Marrinan, Timothy Urness, Charles Nelson, Kory Kreimeyer, Jordan Mirocha, "Understanding and Interpreting Multivalued Astronomical Data," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 12-17, Sept.-Oct. 2010, doi:10.1109/MCG.2010.97
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