Grasslands of the World
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Rotating globe showing global grassland coverage. Data obtained from Terra/MODIS land cover isolating grasslands, woody savannas, savannas, and wetlands (all seen in green). This data represents 4 parts of a 17 part global classification product all of which have been taken at 1km. resolution.
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Animation of rotating globe showing global grassland coverage
Duration: 30.0 seconds
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Grasslands (in green) over the Asian hemisphere
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Grasslands over the Middle Eastern Hemisphere
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Grasslands over the African Hemisphere
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Grasslands over the South American Hemisphere
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Grasslands over the North and South American Hemisphere
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Pacific Ocean Hemisphere showing grasslands over the North American West Coast
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Pacific Ocean Hemisphere beginning to reveal grasslands over Australia
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Grasslands over the Indonesian Hemisphere
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| Animation Number: | 2285 |
| Animators: | Alex Kekesi (SVS) (Lead) |
| | Lori Perkins (SVS) |
| Completed: | 2001-11-15 |
| Scientists: | Mark Friedl (Boston University) |
| | John Hodges (Boston University) |
| Instrument: | Terra/MODIS |
| Data set: | Landcover |
| Data Collected: | 2001/1/1-2001/7/1 |
| Series: | Journey to Planet Earth |
| Video: | SVS2001-0029 * |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G2003-046 |
Keywords:
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>> Grasslands
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>> Permanent Wetlands
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>> Savannas
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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