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Data at ABoVE
| Dataset Sort descending | Processing Level | Data State | Temporal Extent | Platform | Instrument | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Cover and Vegetation Map, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | 3 | COMPLETE | 1982-06-01 to 1993-08-31 | LANDSAT, HELICOPTER, FIELD SURVEYS, DEM | TM, CAMERA, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Vegetation Species, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| Land Cover and Vegetation Map Collection for Seward Peninsula, Alaska | 3 | COMPLETE | 1976-06-01 to 1999-09-01 | COMPUTERS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT | Computer, CAMERAS, MSS | multiple | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Shrubland/Scrub, Vegetation Cover |
| Land Use and Land Cover Change Projection in the ABoVE Domain | 4 | COMPLETE | 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31 | COMPUTERS | Computer | netCDF-4 | Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Forests, Land Use Classes |
| LVIS Classic L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 | 1B | ACTIVE | 1998-03-20 to Present | B-200, C-130, G-III, G-V | LVIS | HDF5 | Sensor Counts |
| LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 | 2 | ACTIVE | 1998-03-20 to Present | B-200, C-130, G-III, G-V | LVIS | ASCII | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height |
| LVIS Facility L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 | 1B | ACTIVE | 2018-11-07 to Present | B-200, G-III, G-V, P-3B | LVIS | HDF5 | Sensor Counts |
| LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 | 2 | ACTIVE | 2018-11-07 to Present | B-200, G-III, G-V, P-3B | LVIS | ASCII | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation, Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Height |
| LVIS L1A Geotagged Images V001 | 1A | ACTIVE | 2018-11-07 to Present | B-200, G-III, G-V, P-3B | LVIS-Camera | JPEG | VISIBLE IMAGERY |
| Machine learning-based Arctic-boreal terrestrial ecosystem CO2 fluxes, 2001-2020 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2001-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | COMPUTERS | Computer | multiple | Respiration Rate, Carbon Flux, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Soil Respiration, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE) |
| Maps of Vegetation, NDVI, Snow and Thaw Depths: North Slope, Alaska and NWT, Canada | 3 | COMPLETE | 2000-08-01 to 2012-12-31 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTROMETERS, SNOW MEASURING ROD | multiple | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Vegetation Index, Active Layer, Snow Depth, Vegetation Cover |
| Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Imnavait Creek, Alaska | 2 | COMPLETE | 1970-06-01 to 2015-08-31 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | multiple | Contour Maps, Glacial Landforms, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Glacial Processes, Vegetation Species, Vegetation Cover |
| Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska | 3 | COMPLETE | 1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31 | SPOT-1, LANDSAT | ETM+, MSS | multiple | Landscape Ecology, Terrain Elevation, Glacial Landforms, Surface Water Features, Dominant Species, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Vegetation Cover |
| Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska | 3 | COMPLETE | 1990-01-01 to 2014-08-31 | COMPUTERS | Computer | Shapefile | Topographic Effects, Lakes/Reservoirs, Dominant Species, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Vegetation Cover, Carbon, Glacial Landforms |
| Methane Fluxes from Shorelines and Differing Surfaces, Big Trail Lake, Alaska, 2019 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2019-07-04 to 2019-12-14 | FIELD SURVEYS | GAS SENSORS | CSV | Permafrost/Methane Release, Lake/Pond |
| MODIS-derived Annual Vegetation Resilience, 2000-2019 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | MODELS, Terra | Computer, MODIS | COG | DISTURBANCE, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Index |
| NACP Woody Vegetation Characteristics of 1,039 Sites across North Slope, Alaska, V2 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2010-07-28 to 2011-08-04 | QUICKBIRD, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60, Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA | CSV | Vegetation Species, Canopy Characteristics |
| NDVI, Species Cover, and LAI, Burned and Unburned sites, Interior Alaska, 2017-2018 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2017-08-29 to 2018-08-20 | FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7 | CORING DEVICES, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS | CSV | Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Cover, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowoff Date Maps, 1988-2023 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1988-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP | SSMIS, SSM/I | multiple | Snow Melt, Snow Melt, Snow Melt |
| Post-fire Recovery of Soil Organic Layer Carbon in Canadian Boreal Forests, 2015-2018 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2015-06-11 to 2018-08-24 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CHN ANALYZERS, CORING DEVICES | CSV | Soil Moisture/Water Content, Burned Area, Forests, Carbon, Fire Disturbance, Vegetation Species |
| Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska | 3 | COMPLETE | 2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17 | COMPUTERS, ALOS | Computer, PALSAR | multiple | Lake/Pond, Permafrost/Methane Release, Permafrost, Lake Ice, Cryospheric Feedbacks, Gases |
| Pre-ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness and Soil Water Content, Barrow, Alaska, 2013 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2013-08-10 to 2013-08-15 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | Computer, GPR | CSV | Soil Moisture/Water Content, Radar Reflectivity, Radio Wave, Permafrost |
| Pre-ABoVE: Gridded Footprints from WRF-STILT Model, Barrow, Alaska, 1982-2011 | 4 | COMPLETE | 1982-08-10 to 2011-10-15 | MODELS | Computer | netCDF-4 | Upper Level Winds, Methane, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide |
| Pre-ABoVE: Ground-penetrating Radar Measurements of ALT on the Alaska North Slope | 3 | COMPLETE | 2014-08-10 to 2014-08-15 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | GPR, GPS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE | CSV | Permafrost, Permafrost, Permafrost, PERMAFROST MELT, Permafrost, Active Layer, Active Layer, Permafrost |
| Pre-ABoVE: L1 S-0 Polarimetric Data from AirMOSS P-band SAR, Alaska, 2014-2015 | 1A | COMPLETE | 2014-08-16 to 2015-10-01 | G-III | P-SAR | multiple | SIGMA NAUGHT |
| Pre-ABoVE: Particle Trajectories for WRF-STILT Model, Barrow, AK, 1982-2011 | 4 | COMPLETE | 1982-08-10 to 2011-10-15 | MODELS | Computer | multiple | Surface Winds, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Methane |
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