Earth Day 2020: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Seasonal Cycles
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- Trent L. Schindler
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NDVI Seasonal Cycles, With Labels
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This visualization shows the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) over seaveral seasonal cycles. This NDVI dataset is part of the Next Generation Blue Marble product.
This visualization was created in part to support Earth Day 2020 media releases.
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizers
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
Terra and Aqua BMNG (A.K.A. Blue Marble: Next Generation) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
Dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
See more visualizations using this data setNASA/Terra/MODIS/Global Monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
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