Kite Aerial Photography MISP grid Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska 2016 - 2017

• Main Authors: Vargas-Zesati, Sergio, Tweedie, Craig E., Oberbauer, Steven, Hollister, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; MONTHLY TO ANNUAL; KITE; GRID; biota; Arctic; Barrow; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2fj29d4h; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2FJ29D4H

Aerial photographs were collected during the 2016 and 2017 growing seasons at each Mobile Instrumented System Platform (MISP) located at Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska as well as in Atqasuk, Alaska. Most of the pictures taken are high resolution, however only a few are lacking good quality. The date, start and end flight times (local), the people present, cloud conditions, ground wind speed, weather conditions, height of rig, average kite angle, and the camera and kite used were recorded. These measurements are part of the Arctic Observing Network (AON) - International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) initiative and help to document seasonal changes in surface moisture and structure at high spatial scales.