Abstract
VISAGE (Visualization for Integrated Satellite, Airborne, and
Ground-based data Exploration) aims to provide visualization and
analytic capabilities for diverse datasets in an interactive user
interface. Proof-of-concept use cases are centered around the Global
Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s Ground Validation (GV)
program, which provides a wealth of intensive, coincident observations
of atmospheric phenomena from a wide variety of ground-based, airborne
and satellite instruments. These data have diverse temporal and spatial
scales, variables, and data formats and organization. Key technical
challenges include: 3D data rendering and visualization of multiple
diverse datasets on a web-based platform 3D data interrogation via map
user interface Temporal alignment of data with diverse time scales and
resolutions Computations on data fields across instruments and platforms
To address these issues, the VISAGE project is working with cloud-native
serverless technologies to render data as 3D Tile Point Clouds for
display in the Cesium geospatial 3D global mapping platform.