Modis Data Give Scientists View of Global Leaf Coverage
Credit: RETO STOCKIT/NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY TEAM
Earth scientists use a daily data dump from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) instrument on NASA’s Terra and Aqua Earth-observation satellites to track green-leaf coverage worldwide, one of the planet’s vital signs. In this image, created using Terra data for the month of...
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