Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1948-1949

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tape, Ken D.
Publication_Date: 20150301
Title: Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1948-1949
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1948-1949
Issue_Identification: ver 1.1, September 2022

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, Alaska
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested Citation: Tape, K.D. 2015. Aerial images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1948-1949 (ver 1.1, September 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F79021TB

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F79021TB
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems: Historical and contemporary imagery to assess ecosystem change on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: website
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Alaska Science Portal
Issue_Identification: 350

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, Alaska
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

This is a link to the broader USGS Alaska Science Center research project supported by these data. Users will find a description of the research project and links to associated reports, publications, and data products.

Online_Linkage: https://alaska.usgs.gov/portal/project.php?project_id=350

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset is comprised of 35 geo-referenced aerial images of four study areas (Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, Chipp River, Colville River Delta, and Dalton Highway Corridor) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. The images are from aerial photo surveys flown in 1948-1949 and obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using the USGS EarthExplorer website. The images represent a historical snapshot of the landscape from that time.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to assess changes in vegetation or landforms during the 20th century that may be related to climate change and impacts on critical wildlife habitat.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1948
Ending_Date: 1949

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -153.26617
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -153.13087
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.87660
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.83269

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ASC25

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: GeoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: Environment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA GCMD Earth Science Keyword Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Landscape processes
Theme_Keyword: Land use/Land cover

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Tundra ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: Coastal ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: Wetland ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: Aerial photography
Theme_Keyword: Geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: Succession (biological)
Theme_Keyword: Remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: Ecosystem monitoring
Theme_Keyword: Erosion

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Landscape change
Theme_Keyword: Lake drainage
Theme_Keyword: Permafrost degradation
Theme_Keyword: Marine transgression
Theme_Keyword: Coastal retreat

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: North Slope Borough
Place_Keyword: Smith River
Place_Keyword: Chipp River
Place_Keyword: Teshekpuk Lake

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska
Place_Keyword: NPR-A
Place_Keyword: NPRA
Place_Keyword: Teshekpuk Lake Special Use Area

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

It is requested that the authors and the USGS Alaska Science Center be cited for any subsequent publications that reference this dataset.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: Alaska
Postal_Code: 99508
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ascweb@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Original aerial imagery was obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using USGS EarthExplorer https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tape, K.D.
Originator: Pearce, J.M.
Originator: Walworth, D.H.
Originator: Meixell, B.W.
Originator: Fondell, T.F.
Originator: Gustine, D.D.
Originator: Flint, P.L.
Originator: Hupp, J.W.
Originator: Schmutz, J.A.
Originator: Ward, D.H.
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:

Historical and Contemporary Imagery to Assess Ecosystem Change on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2014-1140

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Tape, K.D., Pearce, J.M., Walworth, D.H., Meixell, B.W., Fondell, T.F., Gustine, D.D., Flint, P.L., Hupp, J.W., Schmutz, J.A., Ward, D.H. 2014. Historical and Contemporary Imagery to Assess Ecosystem Change on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1140 doi:10.3133/ofr20141140

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141140

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tape, K.D.
Originator: Flint, P.L.
Originator: Meixell, B.W.
Originator: Gaglioti B.V.
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Inundation, Sedimentation, and Subsidence Creates Goose Habitat Along the Arctic Coast of Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Environmental Research Letters
Issue_Identification: 8(4):045031

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: IOP Publishing

Other_Citation_Details:

Tape, K.D., Flint, P.L., Meixell, B.W., Gaglioti B.V. 2013. Inundation, sedimentation, and subsidence creates goose habitat along the Arctic coast of Alaska. Environmental Research Letters 8(4):045031 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045031

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045031

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Coordinate values were obtained by geo-referencing the aerial images to 2.5-m scale satellite imagery using tie-point methods and splines for interpolation.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Not applicable
Completeness_Report: The data are complete
Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tape, K.D.
Originator: Flint, P.L.
Originator: Meixell, B.W.
Originator: Gaglioti B.V.
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Inundation, Sedimentation, and Subsidence Creates Goose Habitat Along the Arctic Coast of Alaska

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Environmental Research Letters
Issue_Identification: 8(4):045031

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: IOP Publishing

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045031

Type_of_Source_Media: publication
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2013

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Tape et al. 2013
Source_Contribution: Provides details of image acquisition and processing.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)

Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

USGS EROS Archive - Aerial Photography - Aerial Photo Single Frames

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Other_Citation_Details:

Downloaded in 2013 from USGS EarthExplorer https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Query parameters and Scene Identifiers for all images used for analysis are provided in the table "imageIdentifiers_ACP_1948-1949.csv" included with this data package.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7610XKM

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19740621
Ending_Date: 19790715

Source_Currentness_Reference: image acquisition date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EROS - Aerial Photo Single Frames
Source_Contribution: Archived aerial imagery acquired between 1974 to 1979

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Historical aerial imagery (1974-1979) was obtained for the study areas on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. Images were obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using USGS EarthExplorer https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Aerial images were geo-referenced in ArcMap 10.1 using more than 20 distributed tie-points per image and splines to modern 2.5-m scale satellite imagery. A color-infrared aerial photo mosaic from July 18, 2002, and a SPOT mosaic from the growing season (green period) of 2009-10, served as baseline imagery for georeferencing and for the qualitative landscape change detection, as described in Tape et al. 2013.

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 6458
Column_Count: 6531

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 5
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -153.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.00001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.00001

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25722210088

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: imageIdentifiers_ACP_1948-1949.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Table with query parameters and image identifiers used to access and download each aerial image from the USGS EarthExplorer https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov.

The aerial images are digital scans of the original aerial photographs and are maintained and distributed by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS). The downloaded images were geo-referenced to produce the GeoTiffs provided in this data package. Presented in a Comma Separated Value (CSV) formatted table.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Author defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: image_filename
Attribute_Definition: Filename of the GeoTiff provided in this data package.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Filename of the GeoTiff provided in this data package.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat_center
Attribute_Definition:

Latitude of center point in image, provided by distributor. Blank cells indicate that the value is not provided by the provider.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 69.205506
Range_Domain_Maximum: 70.898175
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees (WGS84)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon_center
Attribute_Definition:

Longitude of center point in image, provided by distributor. Blank cells indicate that the value is not provided by the provider.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -155.418650
Range_Domain_Maximum: -148.493464
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees (WGS84)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Acquisition_Date
Attribute_Definition: Date that the original aerial image was taken.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1948-07-11
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1949-07-15
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Image_Distributor
Attribute_Definition: Name of distributor of the aerial images
Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: USGS_EROS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Author defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Distributor_online_link
Attribute_Definition: Online link (URL) to access distributor's data portal.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Online link (URL) to access distributor's data portal.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Distributor_dataset
Attribute_Definition:

The distributor's name for the dataset in which the images are archived.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: EROS - Aerial Photo Single Frame
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aerial Photo Single Frame dataset, accessed from EROS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Author defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Distributor_Image_Identifier
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier assigned by the distributor for each image.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Author defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Unique identifier assigned by the distributor for each image. This identifier provides the query parameter necessary to access the image through the distributor's data portal.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: chipRiver
Entity_Type_Definition:

Folder containing geo-referenced aerial images of landcover of the Chipp River in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. Presented in GeoTiffs format.

Filenaming convention: Chipp_River_georectified_landcover_[USGS_topo_quadrangle]_[date]_[photo_id]

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Author defined

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: teshekpukLakeSpecialArea
Entity_Type_Definition:

Folder containing geo-referenced aerial images of landcover in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area (TSLA) of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. Presented in GeoTiffs format.

Filenaming convention: TLSA_Coast_georectified_landcover_[USGS_topo_quadrangle]_[date]_[photo_id]

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Author defined

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: colvilleDelta
Entity_Type_Definition:

Folder containing geo-referenced aerial images of landcover in the Colville River Delta on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. Presented in GeoTiffs format.

Filenaming convention: Colville_Delta_georectified_landcover_[USGS_topo_quadrangle]_[date]_[photo_id]

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Author defined

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: daltonCorridor
Entity_Type_Definition:

Folder containing geo-referenced aerial images of landcover in the Dalton Highway Corridor on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. Presented in GeoTiffs format.

Filenaming convention: Dalton_Corridor_georectified_landcover_[USGS_topo_quadrangle]_[date]_[photo_id]

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Author defined

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: Alaska
Postal_Code: 99508
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ascweb@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

The U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center is the authoritative source and distributor of these data.

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes or on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: GeoTIFF
Format_Information_Content:

Data are distributed in a Zip package containing raster data in GeoTIFF format and FGDC metadata in XML and HTML formats.

File_Decompression_Technique:

Compression applied by the 7-Zip utility using the default compression level [5]. The Zip package can be decompressed and unpacked by open source or commercially available unzip tools.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F79021TB

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

It is recommended that a native GEOTIFF viewer be used to view the images, such as, ERDAS ER Viewer.

Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1948-1949

Metadata: