Scientific Visualization and Data Modeling of Scattered Sediment Contaminant Data in New York/New Jersey Estuaries
Ma H, Jones KW, Stern EA. Scientific Visualization and Data Modeling of Scattered Sediment Contaminant Data in New York/New Jersey Estuaries. Pages 467-471. In Conference on Visualization '98. Research Triangle Park, NC. 10/18/1998-10/23/1998. Los Alamitos, CA
Sediments in many parts of the New York and New Jersey estuary system are contaminated with toxic organic and inorganic compounds by different sources. Because of the potential environmental consequences, detailed information on the spatial distribution of sediment contaminants is essential in order to carry out routine shipping channel dredging in an environmentally responsible way, and to remediate hot spots cost-effectively and safely. Sci- ,entific visualization and scatter data modeling techniques have been successfully applied in analyzing the sparse sampling data of sediment contaminants in New York and New Jersey estuaries, the underlying spatial characteristics of which are 'otherwise diffic; ult to comprehend. Continuous realizations of conl: aminant concentrations in the region were obtained by using a spectral domain-decomposition scattered data model and IBM Data Explorer which is a software package for scientific data visualization.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Ma, Hong; Jones, Keith; Stern, Eric
- Units
- GATE
- Keywords
- decomposition method, scattered data modeling, spectral domain