Arctic Terrain Characteristics Data Bank

• Main Authors: Mock, S J, LaGarde, V, Tucker, W B
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Cartography and Aerial Photography; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *DATA BASES; *SURFACE EFFECT VEHICLES; *TERRAIN; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; SEA ICE; TERRAIN INTELLIGENCE; TERRAIN MODELS; Profilometers; Ice navigation; Ice routing; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0777551; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0777551

An arctic terrain characteristics data bank was established as part of a program to evaluate advanced surface effect vehicle (SEV) designs for Arctic use. The data bank contains approximately 4300 kilometers of terrain profiles in digital form acquired with an airborne laser profilometer system, and approximately 50 digital terrain maps for areas ranging from 0.01 sq km to 1 sq km, photogrammetrically derived from aerial photography. The development and data processing techniques are described along with descriptions of the data bank contents.