Streamlet (scientific visualization)

In scientific visualization a streamlet is used to visualize flows. It is essentially a short streamline segment. Normally the length of a streamlet is proportional to the flow magnitude at its seed point.¹

References

Urness, T.; Interrante, V.; Marusic, I.; Longmire, E.; Ganapathisubramani, B. (2003). "Effectively visualizing multi-valued flow data using color and texture". IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. IEEE. pp. 115–121. doi:10.1109/visual.2003.1250362. ISBN 0-7803-8120-3. S2CID 1445194.

[1] Urness, T.; Interrante, V.; Marusic, I.; Longmire, E.; Ganapathisubramani, B. (2003). "Effectively visualizing multi-valued flow data using color and texture". IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. IEEE. pp. 115–121. doi:10.1109/visual.2003.1250362. ISBN 0-7803-8120-3. S2CID 1445194.

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