Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data  

作　　者：Carolin Helbig Doris Dransch Michael Böttinger Colin Devey Antonie Haas Mario Hlawitschka Claudia Kuenzer Karsten Rink Christian Schäfer-Neth Gerik Scheuermann Tom Kwasnitschka Andrea Unger 

机构地区：[1]Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research(UFZ),Leipzig,Germany [2]German Research Centre for Geosciences(GFZ),Potsdam,Germany [3]German Climate Computing Centre(DKRZ),Hamburg,Germany [4]Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel(GEOMAR),Kiel,Germany [5]Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research(AWI),Bremerhaven,Germany [6]Faculty of Computer Science,Mathematics and Natural Sciences,Leipzig University of Applied Sciences(HTWK),Leipzig,Germany [7]German Aerospace Centre(DLR),Oberpfaffenhofen,Germany [8]Institute of Computer Science,Leipzig University,Leipzig,Germany

出　　处：《International Journal of Digital Earth》2017年第10期1070-1076,共7页国际数字地球学报（英文）

摘　　要：In this opinion paper,we,a group of scientists from environmental-,geo-,ocean-and information science,argue visual data exploration should become a common analytics approach in Earth system science due to its potential for analysis and interpretation of large and complex spatio-temporal data.We discuss the challenges that appear such as synthesis of heterogeneous data from various sources,reducing the amount of information and facilitating multidisciplinary,collaborative research.We argue that to fully exploit the potential of visual data exploration,several bottlenecks and challenges have to be addressed:providing an efficient data management and an integrated modular workflow,developing and applying suitable visual exploration concepts and methods with the help of effective and tailored tools as well as generating and raising the awareness of visual data exploration and education.We are convinced visual data exploration is worth the effort since it significantly facilitates insight into environmental data and derivation of knowledge from it.

关 键 词：Digital Earth GEOINFORMATICS geospatial data integration VISUALIZATION 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]