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)
Datasets used
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[NOAA-7: AVHRR]
ID: 71 -
[Nimbus-7: CZCS]
ID: 76 -
1-Degree DEM
ID: 410 -
ETOPO5
ID: 429
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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.