CloudScape®
VR is a product for the real-time visualization of 3-dimensional clouds in the
visible and infrared wavebands. The image on the left shows CloudScape
visualizations of two munitions clouds and a stratus layer in Performer®
Town CloudScape VR operates as a module in MultiGen-Paradigm's Vega™
simulation toolkit and works with their SensorVision™ product as well as shown
in the diagram on the right.
CloudScape VR is multispectral and fully 3-dimensional. The image on the left compares views in the visible, night-vision-goggle, mid-wave infrared, and long-wave infrared wavebands. The first three bands use solar scattered sunlight while the fourth involves thermal emission. The image on the right shows the mesh for a munitions cloud and the rendered cloud.
CloudScape
uses physics-based modeling. The image on the left shows the physical processes
involved. The image on the right shows a comparison with data.
CloudScape
can be used to visualize a variety of particulate clouds. The image on the left
shows a CSSM 2-layer cloud. The image on the right shows a sequence of images in
the evolution of a munitions dust cloud. Note that initially the cloud
self-shadow is quite distinct, but as the cloud diffuses and dust falls out the
self shadowing becomes less distinct and the cloud more tenuous.
CloudScape can also be used for non-radiometric visualization. The image on the
left shows an effluent plume using a "stop-light" color palette.
Version
1.2, which is nearing release, includes several new features. The image on the
left shows cloud cast shadows on the ground. The image on the right shows a
uniform cloud layer structured using a 2-dimensional texture.
Version
1.2 will also handle weather cloud databases prepared using cyclic boundary
conditions. These databases can be "tiled", that is applied repeatedly
so that a small database can cover a larger portion of the sky.
Click here to download a 2-page, trifold brochure in Adobe's Portable Document Format.
CloudScape VR for Vega can be purchased through MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc. Contact your MultiGen-Paradigm sales rep or Stephanie Groswirt at 972-960-2301 (voice) or 972-960-2303 (fax) or stephanie@paradigmsim.com.
For other potential applications of CloudScape please contact John DeVore at 805-683-4277 (voice) or 805-683-5377 (fax) or clouds@visidyne.com.