Classified channel masks of portions of 13 rivers across the Arctic and areas of floodplain erosion and accretion ranging from 1973 to 2016

• Main Authors: Rowland, Joel, Stauffer, Sophie
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Arctic; Indigirka; Kolyma; Rowland; Yana River; Yenisei River; Yukon; kolyma river; lena river; ob river; Pechora; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1571525; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1571525; https://doi.org/10.15485/1571525

This dataset provides classified river channel masks of 17 reaches of 15 Arctic rivers for river bank erosion and accretion rates, as well as, river channel properties such as channel width, bank curvature, and the aspect/orientation of the river banks. These rivers include the: Chandalar River, Alaska, Colville River, Alaska; Indigirka River, Russia; Kolyma River, Russia; Koyukuk River, Alaska; Lena River, Alaska; Noatak River, Alaska; Ob River, Russia; Pechora River, Russia; Tanana River, Alaska, Selawik River, Alaska; Taz River, Russia; Yana River, Russia; Yenisei River, Russia; and the Yukon River, Alaska. The dataset was generated from a total of 129 images including: Landsat, higher resolution satellite imagery, and aerial photography over time periods ranging from the 1970s and 2016. A full list of the image dates, row and path (for Landsat), and pixel resolutions is provided in the dataset. Masks for the Chandalar River, Tanana River, and Yukon at Holy Cross were obtained from Brown et al. (2020). The masks were analyzed using the Spatially Continuous Riverbank Erosion and Accretion Measurements (SCREAM) software detailed in Rowland et al. 2016. The masks used in this analysis can be found an accompanying dataset (doi:10.15485/1571527). These masks provide the source data for the erosion, accretion, and planform measurement provided in the companion dataset: doi:10.15485/1571527.Revision January 2023:Added masks for Koyukuk River based on imagery from 1978, 2012, and 2018. Added masks based on analysis of Brown et al. (2020) for the Tanana, Chandalar, and Yukon (Holy Cross) Rivers. Update abstract and the image summary file.