Earth ID: 2634

Impervious Data of the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland Area

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on August 20, 2002

Here we see an image of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998. For over 26 years, Landsat images have been used to help urban planners understand where growth is taking place and help geographers evaluate how different urban planning programs effect population growth and land use.

The animation is using Landsat data (from 1986, 1990, 1996, and 2000) of the Washington-Baltimore area, however a special algorithm has been applied to it to illuminate the changes in low-density residential land use which exemplify sprawl.

This Landsat data from 1986 of the Washington-Baltimore area, however a special algorithm has been applied to it to illuminate the changes in low-density residential land use which exemplify sprawl.

This Landsat data from 1990 of the Washington-Baltimore area, however a special algorithm has been applied to it to illuminate the changes in low-density residential land use which exemplify sprawl.

This Landsat data from 1996 of the Washington-Baltimore area, however a special algorithm has been applied to it to illuminate the changes in low-density residential land use which exemplify sprawl.

This Landsat data from 2000 of the Washington-Baltimore area, however a special algorithm has been applied to it to illuminate the changes in low-density residential land use which exemplify sprawl.

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:

Landsat-7/ETM+/Impervious Surface Cover

1986, 1990, 1996, 2000

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Keywords:
SVS >> Baltimore
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Impervious
SVS >> Landsat
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> Population growth
SVS >> Washington DC
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Environmental Impacts >> Urbanization
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0