Earth  ID: 2568

NDVI Animation over Continental United States

Visualizations by James W. Williams Released on October 9, 2002
The Normalized Differential Vegetation Index, NDVI, is one component of a model that is used to predict mosquito where mosquitos will flourish and where they will not.
These images were created in support of a story describing how NASA is assisting the CDC and EPA in tracking the spread of West Nile Virus.
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Animation of monthly NDVI values over North America for one year
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NDVI image of North America

Visualization Credits

James W. Williams (GST): Lead Animator
David Rogers (Oxford University): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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This item is part of this series:
West Nile Virus

Goddard TV Tape:
G2002-077

Keywords:
SVS >> CDC
SVS >> EPA
SVS >> NDVI
SVS >> West Nile Virus
NASA Science >> Earth