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Portland and Washington DC Sprawl Effects

Portland Beaverton Portland Vancouver
Washington DC West Washington DC
Images:
Thumbnail Portland/Beaverton JPG(30 K)
Portland/Beaverton JPG(120 K)
Portland/Beaverton TIF(16 MB)
Thumbnail Portland/Vancouver JPG(30 K)
Portland/Vancouver Medium Resolution JPG(120 K)
Portland/Vancouver TIF(16 MB)
Thumbnail Washington DC JPG(30 K)
Washington DC JPG(150 K)
Washington DC TIF(16 MB)
Thumbnail West Washington DC JPG(30K)
West Washington DC JPG(150 K)
West Washington DC TIF(16 MB)
Movies:
Portland/Beaverton Growth (2.6 MB)
Portland/Vancouver Growth (2.6 MB)
Washington DC Growth (2.6 MB)
West Washington DC Growth (2.6 MB)

This multimedia project is the work of a dedicated team of researchers, animators, and media specialists. A companion video to this web site is available from NASA-TV. Below are a list of agencies, departments, and researchers who provided expertise and data for this production:
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Television Production NASA-TV/GSFC

    The following researchers provided source data for each attributed story:
  • Atlanta Heat Island -- Dale Quattrochi, Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Portland & Washington Urban Growth -- Jeffrey G. Masek, University of Maryland
  • ATLAS thermal data -Burgess Howell, Global Hydrology and Climate Center
  • Convection/Cloud data - Bob Bornstein & Qinglu Lin
  • land use data - Chor-pang Lo, Univ. of GA
  • Shenzhen Growth -- Karen C. Seto, Boston University
  • Urban Sprawl and Photosynthesis -- Marc L. Imhoff, Goddard Space Flight Center
Content Preparation and Project Production-Michael Starobin/GSFC

Last Revised: June 15, 2006 at 11:06 AM EDT