Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Triangular plot - Kauai tsunami





 

A triangular, or ternary, plot depicts the ratios of three different variables in an equilateral triangle.  This type of plot is helpful for systems that are composed of three different elements.  The triangular plot of Kauai at hand uses three different tsunami wave trains with the goal of modeling the linear combination of these trains that would cause the greatest wave at the impact site.  The various colors, from purple to red, represent the size of the resulting wave from these tsunami wave trains. 

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