Earth  ID: 1600

Supporting Media for Urban Dynamics

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on July 10, 1990
Marc Imhoff, project scientist from GSFC, gave this to the SVS to distribute in support of a AAAS conference talk on urban dynamics.
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Lights at night over Europe as seen from space.
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Lights at night over North America as seen from space.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeffrey Masek (University of Maryland): Scientist
Karen Seto (Boston University): Scientist
Dale Quattrochi (NASA/MSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
DMSP/OLS
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System
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Keywords:
SVS >> Atlanta
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Portland
SVS >> Shenzhen
SVS >> Sprawl
SVS >> Urban
SVS >> Washington DC
NASA Science >> Earth