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Large and Small Eddies Matter: Animating Trees in Wind Using Coarse Fluid Simulation and Synthetic Turbulence

  1. A. Selino,
  2. M. D. Jones

Article first published online: 6 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03232.x

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Computer Graphics Forum

Computer Graphics Forum

Volume 32, Issue 1, pages 75–84, February 2013

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Selino, A. and Jones, M. D. (2013), Large and Small Eddies Matter: Animating Trees in Wind Using Coarse Fluid Simulation and Synthetic Turbulence. Computer Graphics Forum, 32: 75–84. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03232.x

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  1. Brigham Young U., Provo, UT, USA aselino@gmail.com and jones@cs.byu.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 21 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 6 DEC 2012

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