ABoVE

Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

The Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) was a field campaign conducted in Alaska and western Canada for nearly ten years, starting in 2015. Researchers participating in ABoVE linked field-based, process-level studies with geospatial data products derived from airborne and satellite sensors.

The work provided a foundation for improving the analysis and modeling capabilities needed to understand and predict ecosystem responses to, and societal implications of, climate change in the Arctic and boreal regions.

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NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program

Study Dates	2017 to 2026
Season of Study	Year-round
Region	Alaska, Northwestern Canada, Circumpolar
Focus Areas	Carbon cycle and ecosystems Climate variability and change
Scientific Topics	Atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric temperature Atmospheric water vapor Atmospheric winds Cryospheric indicators Ecological dynamics Ecosystems Frozen ground Geomorphic landforms/processes Infrared wavelengths Land use/land cover Natural hazards Precipitation Snow/ice Soils Surface radiative properties Surface water Terrestrial hydrosphere indicators Topography Vegetation Visible wavelengths

Platform	Instrument(s)
Gulfstream III	Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface P-band (AirMOSS)
Permanent land site	FLUXNET
Beechcraft B-200 King Air	Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography (AirSWOT) Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - 3rd Generation (AVIRIS-3)
Twin Otter	NEON Airborne Observatory Platform Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer (CFIS)
Beechcraft King Air A90	Goddard’s LiDAR Hyperspectral & Thermal Imager (G-LiHT)
Dornier 228	Flugzeug Synthetic Aperture Radar (F-SAR)
Mooney Ovation	Atmospheric Carbon Instrument Suite (ATM-C)
Gulfstream V	Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS)
Basler BT-67	Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)

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Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG)	AVIRIS-NG, the successor to AVIRIS-C, is an airborne imaging spectrometer often used for terrestrial ecology research investigations.
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - 3rd Generation (AVIRIS-3)	AVIRIS-3 is the third of the AVIRIS spectrometer facility instruments series, with a higher signal-to-noise ratio performance than previous versions.
Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS)	The Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) is an airborne imaging lidar used for making topographical maps and studying the vertical structure of vegetation and ice.
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)	NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) produces polarimetric and interferometric products that highlight different features and show changes in the earth over time.