Novo Progresso Deforestation Soccer Field Comparison
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- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Doug C. Morton
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- Produced by:
- Matthew Radcliff
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Animation begins with a stylized bright green soccer field. Soccer fields then fall into place over a recently deforested field showing the estimated size of the newly cleared field. The camera then pulls back to reveal all the recently deforested areas (shown in bright green) around Novo Progresso from 2017 to 2018.
The Amazon has undergone major transformations throughout the past three decades (1985 - 2018). Working closely with their Brazilian counterparts, NASA scientists have mapped the entire country of Brazil to show different kinds of land use throughout the country. This new data is based on the
As part of this research, we look closely at the town of Novo Progresso and try to give the viewer a sense of this area's size by comparing the deforested areas to the relative size of a soccer field.
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Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Data visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Doug C. Morton (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Matthew Radcliff (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Data provider
- Niels Andela (Science Collaborator)
Datasets used in this visualization
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Suomi NPP Fire Pixels
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Biomass Map (MapBiomas)
ID: 1084MapBiomas Project is a multi-institutional initiative to generate annual land cover and use maps using automatic classification processes applied to satellite images.
This dataset can be found at: http://mapbiomas.org
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