“Caustic Sky: A portrait of regional acid deposition” by North Carolina Supercomputing Center (NCSC) – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Caustic Sky: A portrait of regional acid deposition” by North Carolina Supercomputing Center (NCSC)




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Title:


    Caustic Sky: A portrait of regional acid deposition

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Length:


    3:45

Company / Institution / Agency:


  • North Carolina Supercomputing Center (NCSC)

Description:


    The muses of sulfuric acid deposition in the eastern US and Canada are shown graphically using data generated from the US EPA’s Regional Acid Deposition Model (RADM). The data are shown with representation methods such as volume rendering, is a surface generation, and sonification.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Croy Y-MP 8/464
    SGI 4D/280GTX server and
    40/35TG workstations

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Softimoge 4 D Creative
    Environment
    Wavefront Advanced Visualizer
    NCSC Visualization Software


Additional Contributors:


    Christopher Landreth, Robin Dennis, Dove Bock, Tom Palmer, Ed Williams, Scott Barber, Mike Clark, John McHenry, Doe Won Byun, Steve Thorpe, Theresa Rhyne
    SPONSOR: US Environmental Protection Agency

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