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NASA Satellite Measures Deforestation

MODIS sensors view the Amazon multiple times a day, so they can provide a rapid assessment of forest change that is not possible with high-resolution sensors.


Image courtesy of Doug Morton, University of Maryland Department of Geography

Published September 14, 2005

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Aqua > MODIS