Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Urban Growth: The Happy Valley and Sunnyside area of Portland, Oregon
Instrument:
Landsat-7/ETM
Instrument:
Landsat
Description:
Starting with a view of the Portland, Oregon, vicinity, we push in to the western section, viewing the area of Happy Valley and Sunnyside area. Red dots appear showing the areas where growth has occurred between 1986 and 1996.
Duration: 20.0 seconds
Abstract:
Using the Landsat satellite, scientists are able to study the urban sprawl of major cities. Red dots in these images indicate areas of growth between 1986 and 1996.
Completed:
2000-02-21
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Scientist:
Jeffrey Masek (University of Maryland)
Series:
AAAS
Data Collected:
1986, 1996
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Human geography
Keywords:
Urban
Keywords:
Portland
Keywords:
Sprawl
note:
More Information on this topic available at
stories/AAAS/index.h tml
Video:
SVS2000-0002* * *
facet_where:
Maryland
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center
facet_where:
Oregon
facet_what:
Landsat
facet_what:
Urban Growth
Animation Number:
1047
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a001000/a0010 47/a001047-IMAGE
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Urban Growth: The Happy Valley and Sunnyside area of Portland, Oregon