A Global View of Seasonal NDVI
Satellite data can be used to monitor the health of plant life from space. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) provides a simple numerical indicator of the health of vegetation which can be used to monitoring changes in vegetation over time. This animation shows the seasonal changes in vegetation by fading between average monthly NDVI data from 2004. The loop begins on September 24 and repeats six times during one full rotation of the globe at a rate of one frame per day. The fade for each month is complete on the 15th of each month.
This animation shows seasonal change in vegetation around the globe as measured by the NDVI value.
This animation is the same as the above with a date overlay.
An image of global NDVI in November 2004.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, June 5, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 3:39 PM EDT.
Missions
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NDVI [Terra: MODIS]
ID: 501This dataset can be found at: http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/modis/ndvi/
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