Orthomosaic Image and Digital Surface Model for the Kotzebue 3 Beaver Dams and Ponds site, Baldwin Peninsula, Alaska, 08 August 2023 ...

The Arctic Beaver Observation Network (A-BON): Tracking a new disturbance regime project observes beaver engineering across circumarctic treeline and tundra environments during the last half-century by mapping and tracking beaver ponds using remote sensing imagery. Drones are being used to collect b...

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Main Authors: Jones, Benjamin, Tape, Kenneth
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2024
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2rj48w9b
https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2RJ48W9B
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Summary:The Arctic Beaver Observation Network (A-BON): Tracking a new disturbance regime project observes beaver engineering across circumarctic treeline and tundra environments during the last half-century by mapping and tracking beaver ponds using remote sensing imagery. Drones are being used to collect baseline data and track beaver dam building and pond evolution over time. This dataset consists of an orthomosaic and digital surface model (DSM) derived from drone surveys on 08 August 2023 at the Kotzebue 3 site on the Baldwin Peninsula, Alaska. 525 digital images were acquired from a DJI Phantom 4 Real-Time Kinematic (DJI P4RTK) quadcopter with a DJI D-RTK 2 Mobile Base Station. The mapped area was around 82 hectares (ha). The drone system was flown at 120 meters (m) above ground level (agl) and flight speeds varied from 8-9 meters/second (m/s). The orientation of the camera was set to 90 degrees (i.e. looking straight down). The along-track overlap and across-track overlap of the mission were set at 80% and ...