NASA Supercomputing Study Breaks Ground for Tree Mapping, Carbon Research
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- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
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- Written by:
- Jessica Merzdorf
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Compton Tucker
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- Produced by:
- LK Ward
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Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees growing outside of forests, discovering surprisingly high numbers of trees in semi-arid regions and laying the groundwork for more accurate global measurement of carbon storage on land.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizer
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Writer
- Jessica Merzdorf (Telophase) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- LK Ward (KBRwyle) [Lead]
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