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Walking the oceans with a wandering cube
Imagine being able to explore the sea by walking across vast ocean basins, following the currents and admiring the intricate structure of the swirls and eddies around you.
In the GODIVA project, scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, developed the 'wandering cube' technique for exploring the vast datasets produced by the finely detailed global ocean computer model based at Southampton, known as OCCAM (Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling).
As the user 'walks' through the virtual ocean, a coloured cube displays the portion of the data immediately in front of them. This technique allows the user to see the data from several angles, for example, the top and side views, simultaneously. The cube of data can be 'eroded' to expose its internal structure, revealing eddies and convection chimneys, giving scientists a truly three-dimensional appreciation of the dynamic ocean.
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