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Terrestrial Biosphere
In this sequence, an image of the biosphere of the earth is overlaid onto a sphere with both topographic and bathymetric relief. The ocean biospheric data is a composite of 31,352 4 km resolution Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) scenes from November 1978 through June 1981. The land vegetation patterns are derived from three years of daily images from the visible and near-infrared sensors of the NOAA-7 satellite.

First topography and bathymetry, then biospheric data is overlayed onto a rotating globe    First topography and bathymetry, then biospheric data is overlayed onto a rotating globe
Duration: 17.0 seconds
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Animation Number:63
Completed:1994-03-13
Animator:Dave Pape (NASA) (Lead)
Scientists:Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
 Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:NOAA-7/AVHRR
 Nimbus-7/CZCS (1978/11/01-1981/06/30)
 1-Degree DEM
 ETOPO5
Video:SVS1992-0001 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Biological oceanography
SVS >> Biosphere
DLESE >> Physical geography
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
 
 
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