Terrestrial Biosphere
In this sequence, an image of the biosphere of the earth is overlaid onto a sphere with both topographic and bathymetric relief. The ocean biospheric data is a composite of 31,352 4 km resolution Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) scenes from November 1978 through June 1981. The land vegetation patterns are derived from three years of daily images from the visible and near-infrared sensors of the NOAA-7 satellite.
First topography and bathymetry, then biospheric data is overlayed onto a rotating globe
Video slate image reads "Terrestrial Biosphere".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Dave Pape (NASA)
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Scientists
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Sunday, March 13, 1994.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Datasets used in this visualization
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[NOAA-7: AVHRR]
ID: 71 -
[Nimbus-7: CZCS]
ID: 76 -
1-Degree DEM
ID: 410 -
ETOPO5
ID: 429
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