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Satellite Senses Subtle Amazon Seasonality

An analysis of geostationary satellite data found a 10 to 15 percent increase in greening around the rainforest during the dry season.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Hashimoto, H., et al. (2021), and GOES 16 data from NOAA and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 1, 2021
Data acquired 2018

Source:
GOES
Collection:
Amazon Deforestation