Global Biosphere

by Dr. Gene Feldman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Global Biosphere

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Dr. Gene Feldman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Photograph - Photograph

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The global biosphere. False-color satellite image of Earth's biosphere, showing the distribution of vegetation on land & phytoplankton in the oceans. The colors represent chlorophyll densities from red (most dense) through yellow & blue to pink (least dense) in the oceans; and from dark green to pale yellow on land. The ocean data was acquired by the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), a radiometer with visible light & infrared channels on NASA's Nimbus-7 satellite. The land data is derived from the visible & infrared sensors of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-7 satellite.

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June 1st, 2013

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