Title: | Rendering Ghost Ships and Other Phenomena in Arctic Atmospheres |
Authors: | Gutierrez, Diego Seron, Francisco J. Muñoz, Adolfo Anson, Oscar |
Citation: | WSCG '2005: Short Papers: The 13-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2005 in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, p. 73-76. |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
Publisher: | Václav Skala - UNION Agency |
Document type: | konferenční příspěvek conferenceObject |
URI: | http://wscg.zcu.cz/WSCG2005/Papers_2005/Short/!WSCG2005_Short_Proceedings_Final.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11025/11213 |
ISBN: | 80-903100-9-5 |
Keywords: | sledování paprsku;nehomogenní média;arktická atmosféra |
Keywords in different language: | ray tracing;inhomogeneous media;arctic atmosphere |
Abstract: | The unique characteristics of the arctic atmosphere make for very interesting effects that cannot be seen anywhere else in the planet. The extremely cold temperatures, along with the existence of inversion layers in the temperature gradients, make the medium highly inhomogeneous. Its properties, including the index of refraction that rules the behavior of light, are no longer constant. As a consequence, light rays get bent while traversing the atmosphere, and the result is some spectacular phenomena; several examples are the arctic mirages (that have probably given rise to numerous ghost ship legends), the Fata Morgana or the Novaya-Zemlya effect. We present here an implementation of a ray tracer that can render all these effects, thus depicting phenomena never ray-traced before, as far as the authors know. We first build an accurate temperature profile for the arctic atmosphere, based on experimental data, then calculate the curved paths of the light rays as the index of refraction changes as a function of temperature, by solving the physically-based differential equation that describes their trajectory. The scenes are modelled using real data for the Earth and Sun dimensions and relative distance, thus maintaining accuracy in the results obtained. |
Rights: | © Václav Skala - UNION Agency |
Appears in Collections: | WSCG '2005: Short Papers |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gutierez.pdf | Plný text | 481,82 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/11025/11213
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.