Mapping the Amazon: The Mouth of the Amazon

  • Released Thursday, March 14, 2002
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The Amazon rain forest is the largest tropical forest in the world. It stretches across South America from nearly ocean to ocean. No seasonal view of this territory existed until a NASA-university collaboration began mapping the Amazon - from space. Scientists listed worked as a team on Mosaicking Software and Mosaic Production.

Mosaic zoom to mouth of the Amazon

Mosaic zoom to mouth of the Amazon

Mosaic zoom to mouth of the Amazon

Mosaic zoom to mouth of the Amazon

Mosaic zoom to mouth of the Amazon

Video slate image reads, "Mosaic zoom to the mouth of the Amazon river".

Video slate image reads, "Mosaic zoom to the mouth of the Amazon river".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Data Processing was done by Alaska SAR Facility, Advanced Computing Technology Applications for SAR Interferometry and Imaging Science http://pat.jpl.nasa.gov/public/SAR/, Global Rainforest Mapping Project CD-ROM Requests http://www.eorc.nasda.go.jp/Sciences/Forest/order.html

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