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| author |  Robert C. Helling <helling@atdotde.de> | 2016-09-25 21:54:39 +0200 |
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| committer |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2016-09-27 21:32:32 -0700 |
| commit | 434c27525a63de5a1ba00747f7b035f855249083 (patch) | |
| tree | 6165e904d952f574920461f59441702c0ecbf099 /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
| parent | fa2fcc4024440f96c23329a944b9ff9ff706a684 (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-434c27525a63de5a1ba00747f7b035f855249083.tar.gz | |
Document the heat map in the manual.
Signed-off-by: Robert C. Helling <helling@atdotde.de>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 015cdaac0..f1202bd8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2214,13 +2214,17 @@ image::images/ShowCylinders_f20.jpg["Figure: Cylinder use graph",align="center"] [icon="images/icons/tissues.jpg"] [NOTE] -Display inert gas tissue pressures relative to ambient inert gas pressure (horizontal grey line). -Tissue pressures are calculated using the Bühlmann ZH-L16 algorithm and are displayed as lines ranging from -green (faster tissues) to blue (slower tissues). -The black line, graphed above the ambient pressure, is the maximum allowable tissue supersaturation (pressure limit) derived -from the gradient factors specified in the *Preferences*. For -divers doing planned decompression diving, efficient rates of offgassing are obtained with tissue pressures -between the ambient inert gas pressure (grey line) and the pressure limit (black line). This display is a representation +Display that tissue heat-map. This is a representation of the inert +gas pressures in the different tissues of a decompression +model. Faster tissues are displayed on top while the slower tissues +are shown on the bottom. The color is a representation of the inert +gas loading of the tissue. Blue colors indicate the tissue's inert gas +pressure is below the ambient pressure and the tissue is currently +on-gasing. The more red the color is, the higher the pressure is above +the ambient pressure and the tissue is off-gassing potentially +releasing inert gases to the environment which can be the cause for +the formation of inert gas bubbles. +This display is a representation of the tissue pressures during the whole dive. In contrast, the xref:S_gas_pressure_graph[Gas Pressure Graph] in the *Information Box* on the *Dive Profile* is an instantaneous reflection of tissue pressures at the moment in time, at the position of the cursor on the dive profile. |