Earth ID: 10381

25 Years of Landsat 5: 1984 Las Vegas Urban Expansion

Released on February 27, 2009

This mosaic of images shows the dramatic growth of the Las Vegas urban area during the 25 years that Landsat 5 has been collecting data.

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Credits

Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Laura Rocchio (SSAI): Producer
Mike Taylor (SSAI): Producer
Laura Rocchio (SSAI): Writer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center U.S. Geological Survey

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:

Landsat-5/TM

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Keywords:
SVS >> Landsat
SVS >> Las Vegas
SVS >> Time Series
SVS >> Urban Growth
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Habitat Conversion/fragmentation >> Urbanization/urban Sprawl

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0