Applications of Computer Graphics to Meteorology

The need to visualize huge amounts of numerical data is exemplified in the field of meteorology, where measurements of many parameters are continuously taken over large geographical areas for the purpose of monitoring and predicting weather patterns. The field of computer graphics has provided and will continue to offer powerful tools in the attempt to meet this visualization challenge, principally in three areas: first, by efficient graphics algorithms for displaying the data; second, by novel special-purpose graphics hardware; and third, by interactive techniques for manipulating the data graphically at close to video rates. This paper reviews recent and current applications of computer graphics for ingesting measured or modelled meteorological data.