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High-Resolution Rectified Aerial Photography for Collaborative Research of Environmental Change at Barrow, Alaska, USA
Entry ID: ARCSS306

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Summary
Abstract: This data set includes aerial photography of Barrow, Alaska, which has been geocorrected to a 2002 QuickBird satellite image or Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) imagery. Photography included in the set is from these specific dates, from 1948 to 1997: 4 August 1948, 29 July 1949, 12-14 August 1955, 12-24 August 1962, 14 July 1964, 15 July 1979, 31 August 1984, and 16 July 1997. Data are in GeoTIFF and ESRI Shapefile formats with FGDC compliant metadata. Data on DVD are available for ordering. Note: The data for 14 July 1964 span both DVDs.
Related URL
Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: Polar Ice Sheet DEMs and Elevation Data
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 71.45   S: 70.9   E: -155.4   W: -157.47

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: L. R. Lestak, W. F. Manley, P. M. Sturtevant, J. A. Maslanik, C. E. Tweedie, and J. Brown
Dataset Title: High-Resolution Rectified Aerial Photography for Collaborative Research of Environmental Change at Barrow, Alaska, USA
Dataset Release Date: 2007-05-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: DVD
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss306.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1948-08-04
Stop Date: 1948-08-04
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Location Keywords
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS Ancillary Description
QUICKBIRD > DigitalGlobe's QuickBird Ancillary Description
Instrument
CAMERAS Ancillary Description
IFSAR > Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 > Quickbird Ball High Resolution Camera 60 Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Investigators have provided a quality control report for the data from each of the eight date ranges. These can be found in the directory for each year.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC_ARCSS
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Distribution
Distribution Media: DVD
Distribution Size: 8.5 GB
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF and ESRI Shapefiles
Fees: None
Personnel
LEANNE R. LESTAK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
University of Colorado
216 UCB
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0216
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Barrow Area Information Database - Internet Map Server. http://www.baidims.org Brown, J. and P. L. Johnson. 1965. Pedo-ecological investigation, Barrow, Alaska. U.S. Army CRREL Technical Report 159. Brown, J. and P. L. Johnson. 1966. U.S. Army CRREL Topographic Map, Barrow, Alaska (1:25,000). U.S. Army CRREL Special Report 101. Manley, W. F., L. R. Lestak, C. E. Tweedie, and J. A. Maslanik. 2005. High-resolution radar imagery, digital elevation models, and related GIS layers for Barrow, Alaska, USA. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. DVD. Manley, W. F., L. R. Lestak, C. E. Tweedie, and J. A. Maslanik. 2006. High-resolution QuickBird imagery and related GIS layers for Barrow, Alaska, USA. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. DVD.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-05-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-22

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