Earth System Data Explorer - Plant Growth Patterns

Earth System Data Explorer Data Visualization

Earth System Data Explorer. Image Credit: My NASA Data

Students can interact with NASA data to build a custom visualizations of local, regional, or global plant growth patterns over time, using the Earth System Data Explorer to generate plots of satellite data as they develop models of this phenomenon.

See the following datasets in the Earth System Data Explorer:

  1. Monthly Leaf Area Index
  2. Monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Biosphere Earth System Data Explorer
Leaf Area index maps and Graphs: Earth System Data Explorer. Source: My NASA Data | https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/Picture2_2.png

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Phenomena

Science and Engineering Practices

  • Developing and Using Models
  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data

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