Brazil and Novo Progresso Land Use Data Over Time
- Written by:
- Alex Kekesi
- Scientific consulting by:
- Doug C. Morton
- 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.
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
Data visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist
- Doug C. Morton (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Producer
- Matthew Radcliff (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Data provider
- Niels Andela (Science Collaborator)
Datasets used in this visualization
Suomi NPP Fire Pixels (Collected with the VIIRS sensor)
Biomass Map (A.K.A. MapBiomas)
MapBiomas Project is a multi-institutional initiative to generate annual land cover and use maps using automatic classification processes applied to satellite images.
Dataset can be found at: http://mapbiomas.org
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