Grasslands of the World
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.
Animation of rotating globe showing global grassland coverage
Grasslands (in green) over the Asian hemisphere
Grasslands over the Middle Eastern Hemisphere
Grasslands over the African Hemisphere
Grasslands over the South American Hemisphere
Grasslands over the North and South American Hemisphere
Pacific Ocean Hemisphere showing grasslands over the North American West Coast
Pacific Ocean Hemisphere beginning to reveal grasslands over Australia
Grasslands over the Indonesian Hemisphere
Video slate image reads, "Grasslands of the World
Rotating globe showing global grassland coverage. Data taken from Terra/MODIS land cover isolating grasslands, woody savannas, savannas, and wetlands (all seen in green)."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Mark Friedl (Boston University)
- John Hodges (Boston University)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, November 15, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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Grasslands, Woody Savannas, Savannas, and Wetlands (Land Cover) [Terra: MODIS]
ID: 499
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