Visualization of Large Scientific Datasets - Analysis of Numerical Simulation Data and Astronomical Surveys Catalogues

Bruno Thooris, Daniel Pomarède

2015

Abstract

In the context of our project COAST (for Computational Astrophysics), a program of massively parallel numerical simulations in astrophysics involving astrophysicists and software engineers, we have developed visualization tools to analyse the massive amount of data produced in these simulations. We present in this paper the SDvision code capabilities with examples of visualization of cosmology and astrophysical simulations realized with hydrodynamics codes, and more results in other domains of physics, like plasma or particles physics. Recently, the SDvision 3D visualization software has been improved to cope with the analysis of astronomical surveys catalogues, databases of multiple data products including redshifts, peculiar velocities, reconstructed density and velocity fields. On the basis of the various visualization techniques offered by the SDvision software, that rely on multicore computing and OpenGL hardware acceleration, we have created maps displaying the structure of the Local Universe where the most prominent features such as voids, clusters of galaxies, filaments and walls, are identified and named.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Thooris B. and Pomarède D. (2015). Visualization of Large Scientific Datasets - Analysis of Numerical Simulation Data and Astronomical Surveys Catalogues . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-088-8, pages 117-122. DOI: 10.5220/0005300901170122

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp15,
author={Bruno Thooris and Daniel Pomarède},
title={Visualization of Large Scientific Datasets - Analysis of Numerical Simulation Data and Astronomical Surveys Catalogues},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={117-122},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005300901170122},
isbn={978-989-758-088-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - Visualization of Large Scientific Datasets - Analysis of Numerical Simulation Data and Astronomical Surveys Catalogues
SN - 978-989-758-088-8
AU - Thooris B.
AU - Pomarède D.
PY - 2015
SP - 117
EP - 122
DO - 10.5220/0005300901170122