Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock
Instrument:
Terra/MODIS
Description:
This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2001 to 8-20-2002 on a flat map with a clock showing the date.
Duration: 25.0 seconds
Abstract:
This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly fire activity. Here, global fire activity is displayed as tiny particles on a flat map with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and grey. A clock inset shows the date.
Completed:
2002-08-26
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project
(NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland).
Blue Marble data courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Cindy Starr (Lead)
Animator:
Greg Shirah
Scientist:
Robert Sohlberg (University of Maryland)
Scientist:
Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
Series:
Global Fires 2002
Data Collected:
2001/08/21 through 2002/08/20
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
Atmospheric science
Keywords:
GCMD
Keywords:
Location
Keywords:
Forestry
Keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE
Keywords:
Biosphere
Keywords:
Ecological Dynamics
Keywords:
Fire Occurrence
Keywords:
Natural hazards
Keywords:
Global
Video:
SVS2002-1001* * *
facet_where:
Maryland
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
8-21-2001
facet_when:
8-20-2002
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Terra
facet_when_year:
2002
facet_when_year:
2001
Animation Number:
2527
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002500/a0025 27/flat_globalWdial- IMAGE
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Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock