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Description

This dataset provides estimates of river ice breakup and freeze-up stages along selected reaches of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers in the Yukon River Basin in interior Alaska from 1972-2016. Time series of Landsat satellite images were visually interpreted to identify the day of year and characteristics of the different stages of river ice seasonality. The stages of breakup or freeze-up were distinguished from one another based on the spatial extent and patterns of open water and ice cover. Images were displayed as false color composites, with the shortwave infrared (SWIR), near infrared (NIR), and green bands represented by red, green, and blue.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT,
LANDSAT-7,
LANDSAT-8
Instruments
ETM+,
MSS,
OLI,
TM
Spatial Extent
N: 66.3594 S: 62.9036 E: -142.986 W: -160.065
Geographic Region
ALASKA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1972-11-04 to 2016-11-30
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
c2143403517-ornl_cloud
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated

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.

Copy Citation

BROWN, D. R. N., BRINKMAN, T. J., & VERBYLA, D. (2019). ABoVE: River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1972-2016. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1697 Date Accessed: 2025-07-17

Documents

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION ABoVE: River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1972-2016: River_Ice_Breakup_Freezeup.pdf
USER'S GUIDE ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

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