Spatio-Temporal Visualization for Environmental Decision Support

Abstract

Traditional visualization of Earth surface features has been addressed through visual exploration, analysis, synthesis, and presentation of observable geospatial data. However, characterizing the changes in their observable and unobservable properties of geospatial features is critical for planning and policy formulation. Recent approaches are addressing modelling and visualization of the temporal dynamics that describe observed and/or predicted physical and socioeconomic processes using vast volumes of Earth Observation (imagery and other geophysical) data from remote sensor networks. This chapter provides an overview of selected geospatial modelling and simulation, exploratory analysis of Earth Observation data, and high performance visualization research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for developing novel data driven approaches for geospatial knowledge discovery and visualization relevant to environmental decision support.