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Data at ABoVE
| Dataset | Processing Level | Data State | Temporal Extent | Platform | Instrument | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABoVE: Model-ready Monthly Regridded Environmental Data at 0.5-Degree Resolution | 3 | COMPLETE | 1980-08-16 to 2020-12-16 | COMPUTERS | Computer | COG | Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Terrain Elevation, Primary Production, Active Layer, Methane, Snow Depth, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Burned Area, Soil Respiration, Respiration Rate, Precipitation Amount |
| ABoVE: Discovering Data at a Regional Level Booklets | 3 | COMPLETE | 2014-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | LANDSAT-7, SATELLITES, Airplane, FIELD SURVEYS | ETM+, MODIS, S-SAR, P-SAR, GPS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SURVEYING TOOLS | multiple | Methane, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Forests, Species/Population Interactions, Burned Area, Fire Disturbance, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Surface Water Features, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Chemistry, Canopy Characteristics, Permafrost, Active Layer, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Species, Vegetation Cover |
| ABoVE: Soil Drainage Maps from L-band SAR across Four Sites in Alaska and Canada | 3 | COMPLETE | 2006-06-14 to 2023-07-31 | ALOS-2, ALOS | PALSAR-2, PALSAR | COG | Soil Moisture/Water Content, Runoff, Alpine/Tundra, Drainage |
| Impacts of Permafrost Degradation on Nitrous Oxide Emissions | 4 | COMPLETE | 1969-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | MODELS | Computer | CSV | GREENHOUSE GAS FLUX, Nitrous Oxide, Permafrost, Permafrost |
| ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Properties and Multispectral Images, Imnavait Creek AK, 2024 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2024-08-17 to 2024-09-04 | UAV, FIELD INVESTIGATION | MSIS, Laser_RF | multiple | Alpine/Tundra, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Carbon, Surface Roughness, Digital Surface Model (DSM), Active Layer |
| ABoVE: UAV VNIR Imaging Spectroscopy and Derived Plant Functional Types | 3 | COMPLETE | 2018-07-25 to 2019-08-12 | UAV | HSI | multiple | PLANT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY, Vegetation Species, Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Ground-based Reflectance Spectra of Vegetation at Multiple Sites Across Alaska | 3 | COMPLETE | 2018-07-01 to 2019-08-31 | FIELD SURVEYS | SPECTRORADIOMETERS | CSV | Visible Wavelengths, Vegetation, Infrared Wavelengths |
| ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska, USA and Canada, 2005-2024 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2005-01-10 to 2024-08-25 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE | CSV | Soil Depth, Active Layer, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| Vegetation Height in High Latitude Forests from ICESat-2 and HLS, 2020 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | MODELS, LANDSAT, ICESat-2 | Computer, Sentinel-2 MSI, ATLAS | COG | Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Height, Forests, Vegetation Index |
| ABCFlux v2: Arctic-Boreal CO2 and CH4 In-situ Flux and Environmental Data | 3 | COMPLETE | 1984-05-01 to 2024-12-31 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SURVEYING TOOLS | CSV | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), GREENHOUSE GAS FLUX, Soils, Soil Temperature, Lake/Pond, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Methane, Water Table, Air Temperature, Active Layer, Soil Depth |
| Lakes, Ponds, and Partial Inundation in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, AK, 2019-2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2019-05-01 to 2023-10-30 | COMPUTERS, PlanetScope | Computer, PlanetScope | multiple | Lake/Pond, Inundation |
| ABoVE: Landsat-derived Annual Aboveground Biomass Density and Uncertainty, 1984-2022 | 4 | COMPLETE | 1984-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | LANDSAT-9, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 | OLI, ETM+, TM | COG | Biomass Dynamics, Biomass |
| ABoVE: Ice Fraction of Small Water Bodies in the Arctic Coastal Plain, 2017-2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2017-01-05 to 2023-12-28 | Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-1A | Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR | COG | Surface Water Features, Ice Extent, Lake/Pond |
| ABoVE: Land Cover, Methane Flux, and Environmental Data, Big Trail Lake, Fairbanks AK | 3 | COMPLETE | 2017-05-28 to 2022-08-23 | MODELS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | Computer, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | multiple | Terrain Elevation, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Temperature, Soil Biogeochemistry, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Microfauna |
| Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15 | LANDSAT-5, COMPUTERS, ALOS | TM, Computer, PALSAR | multiple | Wetlands, Wetlands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Invasive Species, Wetlands |
| Circumpolar Boreal Forest Aboveground Biomass Density, V3 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | ICESat-2, LANDSAT, ISS, MODELS | ATLAS, Sentinel-2 MSI, GEDI, Computer | COG | Biomass, Forests |
| UAVSAR Polarimetric Products for ABoVE Wetland Sites, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada | 2 | COMPLETE | 2017-06-13 to 2022-08-16 | G-III | UAVSAR | COG | Inundation, Wetlands |
| ABoVE: Lakes and Ponds Weekly Occurrence, 2016 - 2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2016-05-06 to 2023-10-14 | Sentinel-2A | Sentinel-2 MSI | multiple | Lake/Pond, Inundation, Lake Ice, Lakes/Reservoirs |
| Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022 | 2 | COMPLETE | 2012-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Airplane | SAR | CSV | Flight Data Logs |
| ABoVE: AVIRIS-NG Imaging Spectroscopy for Alaska, Canada, and Iceland, 2017-2022, V3 | 2 | COMPLETE | 2017-06-24 to 2022-08-19 | B-200 | AVIRIS-NG | multiple | Infrared Imagery, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance, Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Landsat-derived Annual Dominant Land Cover in Boreal North America, 1986-2020 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 | Computer, TM, ETM+, OLI | COG | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Forests |
| ABoVE: Boreal Forest Resilience Study 2020-2022, Fairbanks AK | 3 | COMPLETE | 2017-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | FIELD SURVEYS | SURVEYING TOOLS | CSV | Fire Ecology, Vegetation Species, Tree Rings, Wildfires |
| ABoVE: Rain-on-Snow Frequency and Distribution during Cold Seasons, Alaska, 2003-2016 | 3 | DEPRECATED | 2002-11-01 to 2016-12-31 | Terra, GCOM-W1, Aqua | MODIS, AMSR2, AMSR-E | GeoTIFF | Snow Cover, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Density, Rain, Brightness Temperature |
| ABoVE: Rain-on-Snow Frequency and Distribution during Cold Seasons, Alaska, 1988-2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1988-11-01 to 2023-03-31 | Aqua, GCOM-W1, DMSP | AMSR-E, AMSR2, SSMIS | COG | Snow Density, Snow Water Equivalent, Brightness Temperature, Rain |
| ABoVE: Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowpack Main Melt Onset Date Maps, 1988-2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1988-02-09 to 2023-07-20 | DMSP 5D-2/F10, Aqua, Nimbus, DMSP | SSMIS, AMSR-E, SMMR, SSM | multiple | Snow Melt, Snow Melt, Surface Melt, Snow Melt |
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