Five Spheres - Land Changes through NDVI

  • Released Saturday, May 1, 2010
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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. This animation of land changes is match framed to animation id a003708, a003709, a003710, and a003711.

This animation shows seasonal change in vegetation around the globe as measured by the NDVI value.

Seasonal Change as measured by NDVI displayed on a flatmap.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Saturday, May 1, 2010.
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