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Urban Growth: Focusing on the Columbia River Region 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-eastern section, along the Columbia River. Red dots appear showing the areas where growth has occurred between 1986 and 1996.
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Red dots indicate areas of growth in the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, area.
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| Animation Number: | 1044 |
| 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
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>> Sprawl
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>> Urban
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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