Rio Branco Land Use Data Over Time

  • Released Monday, April 19, 2021
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This data visualization begins with a wide view of Northern Brazil. It then zooms down to the region surrounding the town of Rio Branco and compares its relative size to the San Francisco Bay area. Next we cycle through over three decades of land use transformation showing pasture expansion 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 data is based on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) through the MapBiomas project.

As part of this research, we look at the general area around the town of Rio Branco and show how the land use changed from 1985 to 2018. 2019 fire data is also used to show controlled burns in order to clear cut forest areas for other use.

This data visualization is the same as the one above, except it does not contain the colorbars, dates, or size comparisons. It is intended for editors who want to include their own graphics atop the data visualization.

Color map for the different land use classifications.

Color map for the different land use classifications.

Match rendered year overlay for compositing.

Still image of the San Francisco Bay area to be used in post production to compare the size of the region around Rio Branco.

Still image of the San Francisco Bay area to be used in post production to compare the size of the region around Rio Branco.

Credits

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Monday, April 19, 2021.
This page was last updated on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM EST.

Datasets used

  • Fire Pixels [Suomi NPP: VIIRS]

    ID: 1053
    Type: Analysis Sensor: VIIRS Collected by: NASA/GSFC Dates used: 2019
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  • Biomass Map (MapBiomas)

    ID: 1084
    Type: Analysis Collected by: MapBiomas Project Dates used: 1985-2018

    MapBiomas 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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