The "global biosphere" - a composite of ocean color (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phytoplankton" class="extiw" title="en:phytoplankton">phytoplankton</a> concentration) from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Zone_Color_Scanner" class="extiw" title="w:Coastal Zone Color Scanner">CZCS</a> instrument, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDVI" class="extiw" title="w:NDVI">NDVI</a> on the land, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Very_High_Resolution_Radiometer" class="extiw" title="w:Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer">AVHRR</a>
Gene Feldman, Jim Tucker, NASA
(1980s)
NASA/GSFC