---TITLE:  Permanent open surface water areas in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation


---AUTHOR(S)
-	Corresponding Author / Point of Contact:
	Philippe Amstislavski
	PhD, Assistant Professor
	Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
	School of Public Health
	State University of New York
	NY, USA
	tel: (718) 270-2105
	fax: (718) 270-7285
	e-mail: amstislavski@gmail.com
	
-	Leonid Zubov
	Northern Medical University
	Arkhangelsk, Russia
	
-	Herman Chen, MBA
	State University of New York
	NY, USA
	
-	Pietro Ceccato
	International Research Institute for Climate and Society
	Earth Institute
	Columbia University
	Palisades, NY, USA
	
-	Jean-Francois Pekel
	Joint Research Center
	European Commission
	Ispra, Varese, Italy
	
-	Jeremy Weedon
	State University of New York
	NY, USA


---FUNDING SOURCE AND GRANT NUMBER
Unknown


---DATASET OVERVIEW
This dataset identifies water surfaces from remotely sensed data and demonstrate 
the integration of the remotely sensed imagery data acquired by the Moderate 
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors with data on human activity 
at the local communities level to contribute to the understanding the coastal 
ecosystems of the Arctic Ocean.

Temporal Coverage:
	01 January 2004 - 31 December 2009

Spatial Coverage:
	Latitude:	[67.06, 67.20]
	Longitude:	[48.72, 49.17]


---PLATFORM(S)
Aqua MODIS Satellite

---INSTRUMENT(S)
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---DATA FORMAT
The GIS mapping data is in shapefile format. The shapefiles are derived from 
.HDF files of MODIS scenes covering the region. These files represent the 
mapping of open surface water bodies and the ground.

---DATA COLLECTION, PROCESSING & METHODOLOGY
Please refer to Amstislavski_Hydrology_dataset_2004_2009-metadata.pdf for 
collection, processing, and methodology.

---DATA REMARKS
	GRIDCODE=1 water detected
	GRIDCODE=2 ground detected

---REFERENCES
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