VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control
This paper presents VoxelSky-3D, a new 3D weather radar visualization prototype for civil aviation air traffic control. While previous research has explored text-based, image-based, and some three-dimensional meteorological displays, none have fully integrated voxelization techniques to deliver real...
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| description | This paper presents VoxelSky-3D, a new 3D weather radar visualization prototype for civil aviation air traffic control. While previous research has explored text-based, image-based, and some three-dimensional meteorological displays, none have fully integrated voxelization techniques to deliver real-time, comprehensive 3D weather visualizations specifically tailored for Air Traffic Control Officers (ATCOs). The lack of traditional 2D weather radar displays vertical atmospheric structures for ATCOs, which are critically important for safety and efficiency during flight. VoxelSky-3D is an auxiliary system that uses voxelization to transform weather radar data into 3D voxel-based representations. The methods used in this study include the conversion of coordinates, voxelizing of the geographic coordinate system, and integration with Geographic Information Systems for rendering via the Web Graphics Library. The experimental results verified that VoxelSky-3D is an effective application for visualizing weather radar data in 3D, which directly provides ATCOs with intuitive views of the vertical atmospheric conditions. The performance test results revealed that the system could build real-time complex 3D weather scenes and provide high frame rates under relatively high volumes of incoming data. The VoxelSky-3D prototype is a considerable step forward in the field of meteorological data visualization for air traffic control, which improves the situational awareness and decision-making capabilities of ATCOs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c762bdd348645ba97e8c29e4fd4b9612025-01-29T00:00:48ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113162521626210.1109/ACCESS.2025.353171110845783VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic ControlZhenhao Zhan0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2066-6770Tek-Yong Lim1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9688-8424Kannan Ramakrishnan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-7327Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, MalaysiaFaculty of Computing and Informatics, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, MalaysiaFaculty of Computing and Informatics, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, MalaysiaThis paper presents VoxelSky-3D, a new 3D weather radar visualization prototype for civil aviation air traffic control. While previous research has explored text-based, image-based, and some three-dimensional meteorological displays, none have fully integrated voxelization techniques to deliver real-time, comprehensive 3D weather visualizations specifically tailored for Air Traffic Control Officers (ATCOs). The lack of traditional 2D weather radar displays vertical atmospheric structures for ATCOs, which are critically important for safety and efficiency during flight. VoxelSky-3D is an auxiliary system that uses voxelization to transform weather radar data into 3D voxel-based representations. The methods used in this study include the conversion of coordinates, voxelizing of the geographic coordinate system, and integration with Geographic Information Systems for rendering via the Web Graphics Library. The experimental results verified that VoxelSky-3D is an effective application for visualizing weather radar data in 3D, which directly provides ATCOs with intuitive views of the vertical atmospheric conditions. The performance test results revealed that the system could build real-time complex 3D weather scenes and provide high frame rates under relatively high volumes of incoming data. The VoxelSky-3D prototype is a considerable step forward in the field of meteorological data visualization for air traffic control, which improves the situational awareness and decision-making capabilities of ATCOs.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10845783/Air traffic controlgeographic information systems3D displaysweather radarweb |
| spellingShingle | Zhenhao Zhan Tek-Yong Lim Kannan Ramakrishnan VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control IEEE Access Air traffic control geographic information systems 3D displays weather radar web |
| title | VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control |
| title_full | VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control |
| title_fullStr | VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control |
| title_short | VoxelSky-3D: A Weather Radar Visualization Prototype for Air Traffic Control |
| title_sort | voxelsky 3d a weather radar visualization prototype for air traffic control |
| topic | Air traffic control geographic information systems 3D displays weather radar web |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10845783/ |
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