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Description

This data set provides the spatial distributions of vegetation types, geobotanical characteristics, and physiographic features for the circumpolar Arctic tundra biome for the period 1982-2003. Specific attributes include dominant vegetation, bioclimate subzones, floristic subprovinces, landscape types, lake coverage, Arctic treeline, elevation, and substrate chemistry data. Vegetation indices, trends, and biomass estimate products for the circumpolar Arctic through 2010 are also provided.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS ,
LANDSAT-5
Instruments
STEEL MEASURING TAPE ,
AVHRR
Projects
ABoVE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: 55.8 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2170968604-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
11
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Terrain Elevation ,
Landscape Patterns ,
Vegetation Cover ,
Biomass ,
Air Temperature ,
Vegetation Species ,
Forests

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Cooper, D. J., & Raynolds, M. K. (2018). Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1323 Date Accessed: 2026-09-14

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Arctic-Boreal Bryophyte Dynamics Since the Last Glacial Inferred From Ancient DNA Metabarcoding Herzschuh, Ulrike, Liu, Ying, Liu, Sisi, StoofLeichsenring, Kathleen R., Porada, Philipp, Courtin, Jeremy, Farkas, Luca Zofia, Bohmer, Thomas, Biskaborn, Boris K., Diekmann, Bernhard, Huang, Yongsong, Kaufman, Darrell, Melles, Martin, Meyer, Hanno, Pestryakova, Luidmila A., Russell, James M., Wagner, Bernd Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Late Quaternary environmental change in eastern Beringia Monteath, Alistair J., Edwards, Mary E., Froese, Duane, Anderson, Lesleigh, Gaglioti, Benjamin V., Cocker, Scott L., Brigham-Grette, Julie, Wooller, Matthew J., Finney, Bruce, Abbott, Mark B. Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Biophysical effects of an old tundra fire in the Brooks Range Foothills of Northern Alaska, USA Miller, Eric A., Baughman, Carson A., Jones, Benjamin M., Jandt, Randi R. Vegetation Index, Biomass, Vegetation Cover, Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Late Pliocene continental climate and vegetation variability in the Arctic-Atlantic gateway region prior to the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations Khan, Salman, Farooqui, Anjum, Shukla, Uma Kant, Grsfjeld, Kari, Knies, Jochen, Prasad, Vandana Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Recent above-ground biomass changes in central Chukotka (Russian Far East) using field sampling and Landsat satellite data Shevtsova, Iuliia, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Heim, Birgit, Schulte, Luise, Stunzi, Simone, Pestryakova, Luidmila A., Zakharov, Evgeniy S., Kruse, Stefan Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Climates of Tundra and Alpine Biomes Serreze, Mark C. Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Diagnostics and Mapping of Geoecological Situations in the Permafrost Zone of Russia Tumel, Nellie, Zotova, Larisa Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests
Changes in tall shrub abundance on the North Slope of Alaska, 20002010 Duchesne, Rocio R., Chopping, Mark J., Tape, Ken D., Wang, Zhuosen, Schaaf, Crystal L.B. Terrain Elevation, Landscape Patterns, Vegetation Cover, Biomass, Air Temperature, Vegetation Species, Forests, Canopy Characteristics
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