Earth ID: 744

LVIS Tree Height Cross Section (false color)

Visualizations by Randall Jones Released on September 17, 1999

This animation starts with a false-color map of tree heights north of San Jose, Costa Rica, and changes to a close-up 3D cut-away of a section of the forest, also in false color. Data from LVIS observations taken in March, 1998.

Visualization Credits

Randall Jones (GST): Lead Animator
Bryan Blair (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:

LVIS

1998/03/15

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Biology
SVS >> Canopy
DLESE >> Forestry
SVS >> Laser
SVS >> Lidar
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Vegetation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface >> Topography
GCMD >> Location >> Costa Rica
NASA Science >> Earth

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