TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences
TopoZeko is a MATLAB function for plotting a variety of natural environments with a pronounced topography, such as glaciers, volcanoes and lakes in mountainous regions. This function extends existing MATLAB plotting routines and allows for high-quality 3-D landscape visualization, with a single colo...
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| description | TopoZeko is a MATLAB function for plotting a variety of natural environments with a pronounced topography, such as glaciers, volcanoes and lakes in mountainous regions. This function extends existing MATLAB plotting routines and allows for high-quality 3-D landscape visualization, with a single color defining a featured surface type or with a color scale defining the magnitude of a variable. As an input, only the elevation of the subsurface (typically the bedrock) and the surface are needed, which can be complemented by various input parameters. Several visualization examples are provided alongside with animations, which can directly be generated in the code. Additionally a simple function to calculate the position of the sun is introduced, which can be used to visualize the daily insolation/shadow cycle over a landscape. Keywords: MATLAB function, Visualization tool, 4D visualization, Topography |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94fadfe26a1044a7a8a249949da2d0dd2022-12-22T00:02:11ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102017-01-016285292TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciencesHarry Zekollari0Correspondence to: VAW - ETHZ, Hönggerbergring 26, 8049 Zürich, Switzerland.; Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zurich, Switzerland; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Earth System Science & Departement Geografie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, BelgiumTopoZeko is a MATLAB function for plotting a variety of natural environments with a pronounced topography, such as glaciers, volcanoes and lakes in mountainous regions. This function extends existing MATLAB plotting routines and allows for high-quality 3-D landscape visualization, with a single color defining a featured surface type or with a color scale defining the magnitude of a variable. As an input, only the elevation of the subsurface (typically the bedrock) and the surface are needed, which can be complemented by various input parameters. Several visualization examples are provided alongside with animations, which can directly be generated in the code. Additionally a simple function to calculate the position of the sun is introduced, which can be used to visualize the daily insolation/shadow cycle over a landscape. Keywords: MATLAB function, Visualization tool, 4D visualization, Topographyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711017300535 |
| spellingShingle | Harry Zekollari TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences SoftwareX |
| title | TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences |
| title_full | TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences |
| title_fullStr | TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences |
| title_full_unstemmed | TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences |
| title_short | TopoZeko: A MATLAB function for 3-D and 4-D topographical visualization in geosciences |
| title_sort | topozeko a matlab function for 3 d and 4 d topographical visualization in geosciences |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711017300535 |
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