Hyperspectral remote sensing-based plant community map for region around NGEE-Arctic intensive research watersheds at Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2017-2019

• Main Authors: Konduri, Venkata, Breen, Amy, Hargrove, William, Hoffman, Forrest, Salmon, Verity, Iversen, Colleen, Ganguly, Auroop, Kumar, Jitendra
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 54 Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1828604; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1828604; https://doi.org/10.5440/1828604

Using airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data from NASA Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer- Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) platforms in a region near NGEE-Arctic intensive watersheds at Seward peninsula of Alaska, high resolution (5m) maps of plant community distribution were developed and included in this data collected. AVIRIS-NG data collected over 2017-2019 period were used to develop deep neural networks, trained using vegetation plot observations collected at NGEE-Arctic watersheds at Kougarok, Council and Teller. A hierarchical vegetation classification scheme consisting of six classes at Level I, and 16 classes at Level II contained in two .txt files were used to developed the plant community maps for the region. Two geospatial raster data files (.tif) at both thematic levels are shared in this data collection. Data files in this collection use Alaska Albers Equal Area projection. Readme files available in three formats (*.html, *.md, *.pdf) and one *.png visualization map.