A Half-Century of Change in Arctic Alaskan Shrubs: A Photographic-Based Assessment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS130 Summary In this study, the locations of 193 old aerial photographs of northern Alaskan landscapes were rephotographed and assessed for changes in vegetation. The original photographs were taken over northern Alaska between 1948 and 1951, and the new photographs were taken between 1999 and 2003. The region covered by the original and repeat photographs stretches from the southern extent of the Brooks Range in the south to the Coastal Plain in the north, and from the Chukchi Sea in the west to the Canning River in the east. The original photographs were taken by the U.S. military as part of geologic reconnaissance and exploration, and the method used to acquire them was to fly both sides of a river valley while photographing the river and the facing valley slopes. Of the several thousand original photographs, only a fraction were repeated for the purpose of assessing vegetation change. Repeat photographs were selected for geographic coverage and to produce the greatest likelihood of detecting vegetation change. The original and repeat photographs were then scanned and stored in TIFF format. Individual image file sizes range from 5 to 60 MB each, and the total file size for the data set is approximately 11 GB. The images should not be published without the consent of the investigators. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.ARCSS130 * doi:10.5065/D6J10187 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6J10187 Versions 1.0 Citation Sturm, M., Racine, C., Sturm, M. 2011. A Half-Century of Change in Arctic Alaskan Shrubs: A Photographic-Based Assessment. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6J10187 Accessed 20 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 * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: other * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * biota Categories * Ancillary Info * Arctic * Land Character * Photography Platforms * Aerial Photographs Instruments * Cameras GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS * EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > LAND SURFACE/AGRICULTURE INDICATORS > VEGETATION COVER * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER Documentation * GPS_photo_locations.xls [102 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41E657432E2/GPS_photo_locations.xls * map.JPG [238 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41E657432E6/map.JPG * NOTES.txt [6 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41E657432E3/NOTES.txt Related links * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6J10187 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1948-01-01 01:01:00 * End datetime: 2003-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 70.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 68.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -165.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -145.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Matthew Sturm https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336 Additional contact information * author: Matthew Sturm https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336 * author: Charles H. Racine https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1134 * originator: Matthew Sturm https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS130?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS130?format=isotc211