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Impervious Surface Cover: Close Up of DC
Here we see an image of the DC 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.

Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.    Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.
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Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.    Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.

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Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.    Here we see an image of the DC area taken with the Landsat satellite on March 27, 1998.

Available formats:
  2560 x 1920     TIFF 10 MB
  320 x 240         JPEG 23 KB

Animation Number:2179
Animator:Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2001-06-20
Scientist:Andrew Smith (University of Maryland)
Instrument:Landsat-7/ETM+
Data Collected:1998/03/27
Series:Urban Surface Cover
Video:SVS2001-0019 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Ecology
DLESE >> Environmental science
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Impervious
SVS >> Urban Sprawl
SVS >> Washington DC
More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/landsat/sprawl.htm
 
 
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