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Description
This dataset contains georeferenced three-band orthomosaics of green, red, and near-infrared (NIR) digital imagery at 1m resolution collected over selected surface waters across Alaska and Canada between July 9 and August 17, 2017. The orthomosaics were generated from individual images collected by a Cirrus Designs Digital Camera System (DCS) mounted on a Beechcraft Super King Air B200 aircraft from approximately 8-11 km altitude. Flights were over the following areas: Saskatchewan River, Saskatoon, Inuvik, Yukon River including Yukon Flats, Sagavanirktok River, Arctic Coastal Plain, Old Crow Flats, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Slave River, Athabasca River, Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River and Delta, Daring Lake, and other selected locations. Most locations were imaged twice during two flight campaigns in Canada and Alaska extending roughly SE-NW then NW-SE up to a month apart. The data were georeferenced using 303 ground control points (GCPs) across the study region.
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2162145875-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
335
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
VISIBLE IMAGERY
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Infrared Imagery
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Surface Water Features
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Kyzivat, E. D., Smith, L. C., Pitcher, L. H., Arvesen, J., Pavelsky, T. M., Cooley, S. W., & Topp, S. (2018). ABoVE: AirSWOT Color-Infrared Imagery Over Alaska and Canada, 2017 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1643 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01
Kyzivat, E.D., L.C. Smith, L.H. Pitcher, J. Arvesen, T.M. Pavelsky, S.W. Cooley, and S. Topp. “ABoVE: AirSWOT Color-Infrared Imagery Over Alaska and Canada, 2017.” ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, January 1, 2018. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1643. Date Accessed: 2026-05-01
Kyzivat, E. D., et al. ABoVE: AirSWOT Color-Infrared Imagery Over Alaska and Canada, 2017. 1, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2018, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1643. Date Accessed: 2026-05-01
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