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Urban Growth: The Beaverton Area of Portland, Oregon
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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.
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Starting with a view of the Portland, Oregon, vicinity, we push in to the north-west section called Beaverton. Red dots appear showing the areas where growth has occurred between 1986 and 1996.
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The Beaverton area of Portland, Oregon. Red dots indicate areas of growth.
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Animation Number: | 1046 |
Animator: | Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead) |
Studio: | NASA |
Completed: | 2000-02-21 |
Scientist: | Jeffrey Masek (University of Maryland) |
Instruments: | Landsat
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| Landsat-7/ETM+ |
Data Collected: | 1986, 1996 |
Series: | AAAS |
Video: | SVS2000-0002 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Human geography
SVS
>> Portland
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>> Sprawl
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>> Urban
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