Alaskan Lake Database Mapped from Landsat Images https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.346 Summary The lake map for the State of Alaska was generated from selected Landsat acquired during summer seasons of circa 2000. Nearly 400 30-m resolution Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images were used to produce the lake map. The database contains over 38,000 lakes larger than 0.1 km2. The spatial coverage of the product is nearly the entire state except the Aleutian islands. The lake product is released at three different levels in response to lake size classes: Level 1: large lakes greater than 10 km2; Level 2: medium-sized lakes between 1 and 10 km2; Level 3: small lakes between 0.1 and 1 km2. The Alaskan lake products are released in ArcView shapefile format. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.346 * doi:10.5065/D6MC8X5R https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MC8X5R Versions 1.0 Citation Wang, J., et al. 2011. Alaskan Lake Database Mapped from Landsat Images. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MC8X5R Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: raster * Language: English Grant Code 0713813 ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Arctic * Hydrology * Land Based * Photography Platforms * LANDSAT Instruments * Multispectral Scanner - MSS Sites * Alaska GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > HYDROPATTERN * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > LAKES/RESERVOIRS Documentation * readme_AlaskanLakes.pdf [71 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4246B122954E/readme_AlaskanLakes.pdf Related links * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * info: Drained thaw lake basin recovery on the western Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska using high-resolution digital elevation models..., Remote Sensing of Environment (2011) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.027 * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MC8X5R Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1999-06-30 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2002-10-01 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.40 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -130.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Yongwei Sheng https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/835 Additional contact information * author: Jida Wang https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1070 * principalInvestigator: Kenneth M. Hinkel https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/107 * author: Yongwei Sheng https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/835 * author: Kenneth M. Hinkel https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/107 * principalInvestigator: Richard A. Beck https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1064 * principalInvestigator: Wendy R. Eisner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/771 * author: Evan Lyons https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1071 * pointOfContact: Jida Wang https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1070 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.346?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.346?format=isotc211