SeaWiFS Third Anniversary Global Biosphere

September 18,2000 is the third anniversary of the start of regular SeaWiFS operations of this remarkable planet called Earth. This SeaWiFS image is of the Global Biosphere depicting the ocean's long-term average phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration acquired between September 1997 and August 2000 combined with the SeaWiFS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) over land during July 2000.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published September 18, 2000
Data acquired September 18, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Vegetation > Chlorophyll

Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Index