Amazon Deforestation Model

  • Released Sunday, March 13, 1994
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This series of animations depicts the results of a computer simulation of the effects of deforestation on the surface temperature and precipitation in the Amazon region. Six animations are shown - a control simulation, a deforestation simulation, and the difference between the two for both surface temperature and rainfall. The period simulated is the second half of 1987.

Six animations depicting the differences in surface temperature and precipitation in the Amazon with and without significant deforestation

Video slate image reads "Amazon Deforestation Model".

Video slate image reads "Amazon Deforestation Model".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Sunday, March 13, 1994.
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