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ID: 1043
Urban Growth: Portland, Oregon
Visualizations by
Stuart A. Snodgrass
Released on February 21, 2000
Using the Landsat satellite, scientists are able to study the urban sprawl of major cities. Red dots in these images indicate areas of growth between 1986 and 1996.
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/AAAS/index.html
Visualization Credits
Stuart A. Snodgrass
(GST): Lead Animator
Jeffrey Masek
(University of Maryland): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Mission:
Landsat
Data Used:
Landsat-7/ETM+
1986, 1996
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
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This item is part of this series:
AAAS
Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Sprawl
SVS >> Urban
SVS >> Washington DC
NASA Science >> Earth
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