A Radar and Electromagnetic Wave Analysis and Visualization System

Abstract

Vector field visualization plays an important role in science and engineering. Its applications range from highly practical, such as the design of new airplane wings, to the highly theoretical, such as the study of electromagnetic waves. In the first part of the paper, we will visualize the radar rays intersected with target and show some results of the analysis. While building the radar system, we are also interested in low frequency electromagnetic waves. Therefore in the second part, a systematic approach for visualizing electromagnetic waves is proposed. Six important but complex electromagnetic waves are visualized as field lines. In our system, field lines are clearly and efficiently rendered, and field magnitudes are indicated by different colors. And propagation, if any, is visualized by animation, with the motion of lines along the propagation direction.