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Alaskan Lake Database Mapped from Landsat Images

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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.

Data access

download: NSF Arctic Data Center

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MC8X5R
Versions	1.0 (2011-11-30)
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Related projects	ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science
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	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS HYDROPATTERN LAKES/RESERVOIRS Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_AlaskanLakes.pdf [71 KiB]
Related links	info: ARCSS Data Policy homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage 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) download: NSF Arctic Data Center

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1999-06-30 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-10-01 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.40, Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -130.00

Primary point of contact information

Yongwei Sheng <ysheng@geog.ucla.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Jida Wang <gdbruins@g.ucla.edu>
principalInvestigator: Kenneth M. Hinkel <Kenneth.Hinkel@uc.edu>
author: Yongwei Sheng <ysheng@geog.ucla.edu>
author: Kenneth M. Hinkel <Kenneth.Hinkel@uc.edu>
principalInvestigator: Richard A. Beck <richard.beck@uc.edu>
principalInvestigator: Wendy R. Eisner <wendy.eisner@uc.edu>
author: Evan Lyons <elyons@ucla.edu>
pointOfContact: Jida Wang <gdbruins@g.ucla.edu>

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 08 Dec 2024.

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