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Description

This data set provides a collection of vegetation, landscape, geobotanical, elevation, hydrology, and geologic maps for the Kuparuk River Basin, North Slope, Alaska. The maps cover either (1) the entire Kuparuk River Basin, from the headwaters on the north side of the Brooks Range to the Beaufort Sea coast, or (2) the selected Upper Kuparuk River Region including the Toolik Lake and Imnavait Creek research areas. The maps were produced from imagery and existing geobotanical maps covering the period 1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31.

Product Summary

Platforms
SPOT-1 ,
LANDSAT
Instruments
ETM+ ,
MSS
Spatial Extent

N: 70.5422 S: 68.2881 E: -148.085 W: -151.196

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2170969950-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
12
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Landscape Ecology ,
Terrain Elevation ,
Glacial Landforms ,
Surface Water Features ,
Dominant Species ,
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ,
Vegetation Cover

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Walker, D. A., & Raynolds, M. K. (2018). Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1378 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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