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NASA and Agriculture Animations

  • Released Thursday, March 4th, 2010
  • ID: 40027

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Visuals

Visuals

  • This animation shows where the world's food is grown versus where the world's food is consumed. The movie starts with global croplands and then fades to the countries that produce over 80% of the world's wheat, grain, and cereal. It then overlays the world's population density and then fades to show the countries that are projected to double and triple their population by 2050.
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    Global Agricultural Monitoring

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  • In this animation, the first image shows an agricultural region in Idaho on August 14, 2000, captured in the visible spectrum. The round, green circles are irrigated farm fields. The second image, using Landsat's thermal band, depicts cooler and warmer areas. Irrigated fields appear cooler because evapotranspiring water absorbs energy and cools the fields. The thermal image dissolves into a map of evapotranspiration, created using the METRIC tool.
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    Land Use Change

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  • This animation shows global fires in 2007 and then zooms to the Northern Territory of Australia and shows fires in 2008. The Northern Territory has one of the highest frequencies of early season fires in Australia because land managers there conduct numerous prescribed fires to reduce grass that could act as fuel for more severe wildfires later in the dry season(May until October).
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    Fires

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  • Rondonia, Brazil in 2009
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    Climate Change

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  • This animation shows how the landcover changes with the seasons as we fly over the Eastern United States, from Florida to Maine.
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