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Closeup on Forests of the Pacific Northwest

A new map of the biomass in the United States allows scientists and land managers to see tree cover down to the scale of individual plots of land.


Map by Robert Simmon, based on data from Woods Hole Research Center. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published February 17, 2012
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2000

Source:
Landsat 5 > TM