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ABoVE: Gridded 30-m Aboveground Biomass, Shrub Dominance, North Slope, AK, 2007-2016

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Vegetation Index,Biomass,Vegetation Cover

Maps_AGB_North_Slope_AK_1565

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1565

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

multiple

Dataset Size

2.474 GB

Spatial Extent

N: 76.226 S: 64.7265 E: -111.551 W: -168.576

Temporal Extent

2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

This dataset includes 30-m gridded estimates of total plant aboveground biomass (AGB), the shrub AGB, and the shrub dominance (shrub/plant AGB) for non-water portions of the Beaufort Coastal Plain and Brooks Foothills ecoregions of the North Slope of Alaska. The estimates were derived by linking biomass harvests from 28 published field site datasets with NDVI from a regional Landsat mosaic derived from Landsat 5 and 7 satellite imagery. The data cover the period 2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31.

Product Summary

Platforms

LANDSAT-5 ,

MODELS ,

FIELD SURVEYS ,

LANDSAT-7

Instruments

TM ,

Computer ,

STEEL MEASURING TAPE ,

ETM+

Spatial Extent

N: 76.226 S: 64.7265 E: -111.551 W: -168.576

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2170971358-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2018-02-19

Updated

2018-02-19

Science Keywords

Vegetation Index ,

Biomass ,

Vegetation Cover

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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Berner, L. T., Jantz, P., Tape, K. D., & Goetz, S. J. (2018). ABoVE: Gridded 30-m Aboveground Biomass, Shrub Dominance, North Slope, AK, 2007-2016 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1565 Date Accessed: 2026-05-06

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ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (19722020)	2024	Zhu, Xiaoran, Chen, Dong, Kogure, Maruko, Hoy, Elizabeth, Berner, Logan T., Breen, Amy L., Chatterjee, Abhishek, Davidson, Scott J., Frost, Gerald V., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Iwahana, Go, Jandt, Randi R., Kade, Anja N., Loboda, Tatiana V., Macander, Matt J., Mack, Michelle, Miller, Charles E., Miller, Eric A., Natali, Susan M., Raynolds, Martha K., Rocha, Adrian V., Tsuyuzaki, Shiro, Tweedie, Craig E., Walker, Donald A., Williams, Mathew, Xu, Xin, Zhang, Yingtong, French, Nancy, Goetz, Scott	Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Chemistry, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Species, Soil Horizons/Profile, Biomass, Vegetation Index, Organic Matter, Soil Texture, Topographic Effects, Canopy Characteristics, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Reflectance, Air Temperature, Terrain Elevation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Active Layer, Periglacial Processes, Pingo, Dew Point Temperature, Alpine/Tundra, Humidity, Fire Occurrence, Wind Speed, Wildfires, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Shrubland/Scrub, Soil Classification, Community Structure, Active Layer, Soil Temperature, Fire Ecology, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Soil Bulk Density, Forest Fire Science, Burned Area, LICHENS, Plant Succession, PLANTS, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Soil Color, Freeze/Thaw, Freeze/Thaw, Permafrost, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Cation Exchange Capacity, Electrical Conductivity, Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Land Use/Land Cover, Fire Disturbance
Biophysical effects of an old tundra fire in the Brooks Range Foothills of Northern Alaska, USA	2023	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
Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010	2020	Spawn, Seth A., Sullivan, Clare C., Lark, Tyler J., Gibbs, Holly K.	Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance, Biomass, Forests, Grasslands, Alpine/Tundra, Vegetation Index
Tundra plant above-ground biomass and shrub dominance mapped across the North Slope of Alaska	2018	Berner, Logan T, Jantz, Patrick, Tape, Ken D, Goetz, Scott J	Vegetation Index, Biomass, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Species, Canopy Characteristics