Brazil and Novo Progresso Land Use Data Over Time
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- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Doug C. Morton
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- Produced by:
- Matthew Radcliff
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This animation begins by showing the similar sizes between the country of Brazil and the United States. It then cycles through over three decades of classification data for the entire Northern half of Brazil. We then zoom down to the town of Novo Progresso and compare its relative size to the San Francisco Bay region. Next we cycle through over three decades of transformation in the region showing how the north/south corridor of this region changed over time. Lastly, we fade in 2019 fire data to indicate how the data will continue to change into the upcoming year.
The Amazon has undergone major transformations throughout the past three decades (1985 - 2018). Working closely with their Brazilian counterparts, NASA scientists have mapped the entire country of Brazil to show different kinds of land use throughout the country. This new data is based on the
As part of this research, we look closely at the town of Novo Progresso and show how the north/south corridor in this area opened up from 1985 to 2018. 2019 fire data is also used to show controlled burns in order to clear cut forest areas for other use.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Data visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Doug C. Morton (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Matthew Radcliff (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Data provider
- Niels Andela (Science Collaborator)
Datasets used in this visualization
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Suomi NPP Fire Pixels
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Biomass Map (MapBiomas)
ID: 1084MapBiomas Project is a multi-institutional initiative to generate annual land cover and use maps using automatic classification processes applied to satellite images.
This dataset can be found at: http://mapbiomas.org
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