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Timeseries of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived from CubeSat Imagery, 2017

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1667
Version1
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Published2019-05-10
Updated2019-05-10
Usage271 downloads
Citations1 publication cited this dataset
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Description

This dataset provides near-daily lake area timeseries for 85,358 lakes across four study areas in Northern Canada and Alaska, USA, between May 1 and October 1, 2017. These lake area estimates were produced using digital images from newly developed Planet Labs CubeSats, small satellites with a 4-band (blue, green, red, near-infrared) camera payload. In constellation, CubeSats collected imagery at very high spatial (3-5m) and temporal (near-daily) resolution. From the imagery, each lake's mean, minimum, and maximum areas and seasonal dynamism were derived. The dataset covers four Arctic-Boreal regions: the Yukon Flats Basin (YFB) in eastern interior Alaska, and the Mackenzie River Valley (MRV), Canadian Shield Transect (CST), and Hudson Bay Lowland (HBL) in Canada.

Science Keywords

  • TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
  • SURFACE WATER
  • SURFACE WATER FEATURES
  • LAKES/RESERVOIRS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • FORESTS
  • BOREAL FOREST/TIAGA
  • TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
  • SURFACE WATER
  • SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS
  • TOTAL SURFACE WATER
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • ALPINE/TUNDRA

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Cooley, S.W., L.C. Smith, J.C. Ryan, L.H. Pitcher, and T.M. Pavelsky. 2019. Timeseries of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived from CubeSat Imagery, 2017. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1667

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  • CubeSat_Arctic_Boreal_LakeArea.pdf
  • CubeSat_Buffered_Mask_Tiles.kmz
  • ABoVE_grid_level_C_tile_IDs.csv