Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwestern United States

Southwest U.S. Change Detection Images: Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada

BURN AREA

This area shows extensive change resulting from a forest fire.The dark blue area in the top portion of the image corresponds to the surfacehas become darker and less green, i.e.an area of vegetation which has become blackened from burning.

Reno/Lake Tahoe 8-5-1986 Reno/Lake Tahoe 8-5-1992 Change from 1986 to 1992
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