A Breathing Earth is an animated map showing the seasonal increase together with autumn of the world's vegetation over i year. The map shows the extent of vegetation around the public for every calendar week inward 2016.
To practice the map the 'greenness' variable inward satellite imagery of the public has been mapped for all 52 weeks of the year. This greenness variable is determined from satellite images from the VIIRS sensor on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite.
To practice the optimal animated map of a year's vegetation the developers tested a expose of dissimilar spider web technologies. Links to the sheet together with WebGL versions of the map tin flame hold out flora at the rattling bottom of the page on Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Breathing Earth.
