Animations
Animations over time of
historical and future climate, biomass accumulation,
and vegetation indices.
For more information on future climate emission scenarios, follow this link to information and descriptions of the scenarios from the World Meteorological Organization.
For more information on future climate emission scenarios, follow this link to information and descriptions of the scenarios from the World Meteorological Organization.
Climate Animations*
These
animations run through 130 years of historical climate
(temperature or precipitation) and 100 years of climate
predicted by a high CO2
emission scenario (A2).
Anomaly animations show the departure from the average climate over the period 1970-1999. So, a positive anomaly value indicates that the observed climate was warmer/wetter than the average climate from 1970-1999, while a negative anomaly indicates that the observed temperature was cooler/drier than the average climate from 1970-1999.
Anomaly animations show the departure from the average climate over the period 1970-1999. So, a positive anomaly value indicates that the observed climate was warmer/wetter than the average climate from 1970-1999, while a negative anomaly indicates that the observed temperature was cooler/drier than the average climate from 1970-1999.
| Temperature
(C) 1. Mean Annual Temperature 2. Temperature Anomaly |
Precipitation (mm) 1. Mean Annual Precipitation 2. Precipitation Anomaly |
Biomass Accumulation Animation*
This
animation runs through 200 years of potential biomass
accumulation, predicted across the globe by a simple model
using either historical or future temperature and
precipitation. It also graphically displays the biomass
accumulation for 5 North American biomes.
North America Biomass Animation
NDVI animation
This animation
shows global monthly NDVI (Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index, a measure of the 'greenness' of an
area) measured by the MODIS (MODerate-resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer) satellite for 2000 to 2011.
Average NDVI for the northern and southern hemispheres
is displayed on the graph below.**
NDVI Animation
Picture Post Animation
This
animation shows 4 years of picture post imagery, as well
as a corresponding calculated greenness index and
satellite data.
Satellite data are from the MODIS (MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite, and include the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI, measures 'greenness') and albedo***.
Satellite data are from the MODIS (MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite, and include the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI, measures 'greenness') and albedo***.
Picture Post Animation
* These animations are based on data from National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)'s Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3,supported by the Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. Department of Energy) and distributed through the University of New Hampshire, EOS-WEBSTER Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP).
**Data from the US Geological Survey. For more information on NDVI and Vegetation Indices measured by NASA instruments, see: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/MeasuringVegetation/
*** MODIS data from: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC). 2010. MODIS subsetted land products, Collection 5. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/MODIS/
