water links
Here you can find a collection of links to various resources where you can obtain more detailed information on different aspects related to water.
These links lead to external resources. I am not responsible for their content, they are just meant to show things I found interesting.
other POV-Ray related resources on water
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Realistic Water with POVRAY | by Friedrich A. Lohmüller |
| POV-Ray 3.1 based water tutorial with emphazis waves modeling with normals. | |
| http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/backgrnd/p_wat1.htm |
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Realistic Water with WyzPOV 3.1 | by Michael Paul |
| About using variable reflection for water by the author of the original variable reflection patch. | |
| http://www.lehigh.edu/~mbp2/wyzpov/water.html |
reflection basics
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Fresnell's Equations: Reflection and Transmission | by R Nave |
| information on the fresnel equations including a reflection coefficient calculator. | |
| http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/freseq.html |
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The Fresnel Reflection Coefficients | by D. J. De Smet |
| on fresnel reflection. | |
| http://www.uronramp.net/~ddesmet/bk/part3/part3a.html |
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External Reflection from a Water Surface | by ReefNet Software |
| About reflection on water surfaces. | |
| http://www.reefnet.on.ca/gearbag/wwwatw.html |
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Fresnel Reflection Coefficients | by Alex R. Dzierba |
| on fresnel reflection. | |
| http://dustbunny.physics.indiana.edu/~dzierba/P360n/KPAD/Exps/Fresnel/fresnelnote.pdf |
related physical effects in general
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Rendering Natural Waters | by Simon Premoze and Michael Ashikhmin |
| About diverse aspects of rendering realistic water. | |
| http://www.cs.utah.edu/vissim/papers/water/ |
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Meteorology Guide | by University of Illinois |
| general information on atmospheric phenomena including light and optics. | |
| http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml |
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HyperPhysics Concepts | by R Nave |
| collection of material on light and optics under physical aspects. | |
| http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ligcon.html |
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Optical Absorption of Water Compendium | by Scott Prahl |
| list of resources on absorption of water | |
| http://omlc.ogi.edu/spectra/water/abs/index.html |
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Oceanography: Ocean Water | by Office of Naval Research |
| Easy to understand information about ocean water and its characteristics | |
| http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/ |
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Ocean 590 Abstracts | by School of Oceanography |
| Abstracts of various lectures on different topics of optical oceanography | |
| http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/oc590/abstracts_framed.html |
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Hydrologic Optics | by Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
| About measuring and analyzing optical properties of water | |
| http://www.serc.si.edu/water_quality/water_quality_html/hydrops.htm |
the index of refraction and other material properties
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Online material database | by TU Delft |
| Properties of various material including optical aspects. | |
| http://www.io.tudelft.nl/research/dfs/idemat/index.htm |
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Salinity Data | by National Oceanographic Data Center |
| Properties of various material including optical aspects. | |
| http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/salinity.html |
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Luxpop | by Guillaume Boisset |
| For index of refraction values and other photonics calculations. | |
| http://www.luxpop.com/ |
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Index of Refraction of Water | by ReefNet Software |
| Some information on the different factors influencing the index of refraction of water. | |
| http://www.reefnet.on.ca/gearbag/wwwh2o.html |
water surface geometry
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Erweiterung und Verbesserung eines strahlenphysikalischen Ansatzes zur Simulierung der Globalstrahlung und ihre Anwendung bei der Visualisierung windbewegter Wasseroberflächen (german) |
| aper on visualizing water surfaces | |
| http://www.first.gmd.de/persons/bwalter/html/report/report.html |
photons
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Henrik Wann Jensen's Publications | by Henrik Wann Jensen |
| Publications of Henrik Wann Jensen, the inventor of photon mapping | |
| http://graphics.stanford.edu/~henrik/papers/ |
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Photons | by Nathan Kopp |
| Information about the POV-Ray photon patch | |
| http://nathan.kopp.com/photons.htm |
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Simulating Reflective and Refractive Caustics in POV-Ray Using a Photon Map | by Nathan Kopp |
| detailed paper about the photon patch | |
| http://nathan.kopp.com/nk_pov_photons.zip |
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Rendering with Photon Maps | by Roland Schregle |
| presentation and implementation of photon mapping | |
| http://www.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/PubArc/dipl/schregle98_dipl.pdf |
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Effiziente Photonmap-Techniken (german) | by Stefan Maaß |
| Introduction and improvement of photon mapping | |
| http://www.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/PubArc/dipl/maass2001_dipl.pdf |
