Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955

This dataset is comprised of a single aerial image of a single area on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the USGS EROS data center via the EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents an historical snapshot of the landscape from t...

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Main Author: Tape, Ken D.
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2015
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Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/933eabcb-2747-4708-9e98-a2a778161865
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spelling dataone:933eabcb-2747-4708-9e98-a2a778161865 2024-06-03T18:46:21+00:00 Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955 Tape, Ken D. Arctic Coastal Plain (North Slope of Alaska) centered on the Smith River drainage near Point Lonely and extending approximately 5 km in each direction. ENVELOPE(-150.3696,-152.967,70.958,70.83) 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/933eabcb-2747-4708-9e98-a2a778161865 unknown USGS Science Data Catalog imagery landscape change lake drainage permafrost degradation marine transgression coastal retreat brant geese white-fronted geese caribou Smith Garry Chipp Colville Dalton Biota Climatology Environment ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover GeoscientificInformation Inland Waters Dalton Highway Alaska North Slope Borough Smith River Colville River Delta Chipp River Teshekpuk Lake Dataset 2015 dataone:urn:node:USGS_SDC 2024-06-03T18:10:36Z This dataset is comprised of a single aerial image of a single area on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the USGS EROS data center via the EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents an historical snapshot of the landscape from that time. The image was scanned and geo-referenced to various contemporary (2002-2010) satellite imagery using tie-point methods and splines for interpolation. Dataset Alaska North Slope Arctic north slope permafrost Alaska USGS Science Data Catalog (via DataONE) Arctic Garry ENVELOPE(-62.233,-62.233,-63.350,-63.350) Eros ENVELOPE(156.457,156.457,62.260,62.260) Brant ENVELOPE(7.105,7.105,62.917,62.917) ENVELOPE(-150.3696,-152.967,70.958,70.83)
institution Open Polar
collection USGS Science Data Catalog (via DataONE)
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language unknown
topic imagery
landscape change
lake drainage
permafrost degradation
marine transgression
coastal retreat
brant geese
white-fronted geese
caribou
Smith
Garry
Chipp
Colville
Dalton
Biota
Climatology
Environment
ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
GeoscientificInformation
Inland Waters
Dalton Highway
Alaska
North Slope Borough
Smith River
Colville River Delta
Chipp River
Teshekpuk Lake
spellingShingle imagery
landscape change
lake drainage
permafrost degradation
marine transgression
coastal retreat
brant geese
white-fronted geese
caribou
Smith
Garry
Chipp
Colville
Dalton
Biota
Climatology
Environment
ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
GeoscientificInformation
Inland Waters
Dalton Highway
Alaska
North Slope Borough
Smith River
Colville River Delta
Chipp River
Teshekpuk Lake
Tape, Ken D.
Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
topic_facet imagery
landscape change
lake drainage
permafrost degradation
marine transgression
coastal retreat
brant geese
white-fronted geese
caribou
Smith
Garry
Chipp
Colville
Dalton
Biota
Climatology
Environment
ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
GeoscientificInformation
Inland Waters
Dalton Highway
Alaska
North Slope Borough
Smith River
Colville River Delta
Chipp River
Teshekpuk Lake
description This dataset is comprised of a single aerial image of a single area on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the USGS EROS data center via the EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents an historical snapshot of the landscape from that time. The image was scanned and geo-referenced to various contemporary (2002-2010) satellite imagery using tie-point methods and splines for interpolation.
format Dataset
author Tape, Ken D.
author_facet Tape, Ken D.
author_sort Tape, Ken D.
title Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
title_short Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
title_full Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
title_fullStr Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
title_full_unstemmed Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955
title_sort aerial image of alaska's arctic coastal plain; 1955
publisher USGS Science Data Catalog
publishDate 2015
url https://search.dataone.org/view/933eabcb-2747-4708-9e98-a2a778161865
op_coverage Arctic Coastal Plain (North Slope of Alaska) centered on the Smith River drainage near Point Lonely and extending approximately 5 km in each direction.
ENVELOPE(-150.3696,-152.967,70.958,70.83)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-62.233,-62.233,-63.350,-63.350)
ENVELOPE(156.457,156.457,62.260,62.260)
ENVELOPE(7.105,7.105,62.917,62.917)
ENVELOPE(-150.3696,-152.967,70.958,70.83)
geographic Arctic
Garry
Eros
Brant
geographic_facet Arctic
Garry
Eros
Brant
genre Alaska North Slope
Arctic
north slope
permafrost
Alaska
genre_facet Alaska North Slope
Arctic
north slope
permafrost
Alaska
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