Earth ID: 2564

Progression of the West Nile Virus Through the Continental United States

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on October 9, 2002

This visualization shows the east to west spread of West Nile Virus across the continental United States from 1999 through 2002. The years are represented by different colors.
This visualization was created in support of a story describing how NASA is assisting the CDC and EPA in tracking the spread of West Nile Virus.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Animator
David Rogers (Oxford University): Scientist
Bob Venezia (NASA/HQ): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

US West Nile Virus Cases

1999 - 2002

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG

1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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CENSUS State Boundaries

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Terra/MODIS

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This item is part of this series:
West Nile Virus

Goddard TV Tape:
G2002-077

Keywords:
DLESE >> Environmental science
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> West Nile Virus
NASA Science >> Earth