VPM Interview from Renaissaince Computing Institute on Vimeo.
Simulations for Particular Matter generate millions of points together as time and wind manipulate the flow, but many visualization packages do not do well with simple point data. With a NASA grant in-hand, scientists at UNC Chapel Hill create a new tool called ‘Visualize Particular Matter (VPM)’ to solve these issues.
“There are a number of different types of particles often interpreted as pollutants,” said RENCI senior visualization researcher David Borland. “These individual [data] files can have over a hundred different kinds of pollutants and variables that we’re trying to visualize.”
The solution Borland and RENCI senior software developer Steve Chall came up with is a big improvement, according to Shankar.
