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Massive vector field data (MVFD) are generated by vast distributed sensors and are characterized by high distribution, high velocity, and high volume. As a result, computing such kind of data on centralized cloud faces unprecedented challenges, especially on the processing delay due to the distance between the data source and the cloud. Taking advantages of data source proximity and vast distribution, edge computing is ideal for timely computing on MVFD. Therefore, we are motivated to propose an edge computing based MVFD processing framework. In particular, we notice that the high volume feature of MVFD results in high data transmission delay. To solve this problem, we invent Data Fluidization Schedule (DFS) in our framework to reduce the data block volume and the latency on Input\/Output (I\/O). We evaluated the efficiency of our framework in a practical application on massive wind field data processing for cyclone recognition. 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