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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Coastal ecosystems, Erosion, Ecosystem monitoring, Aerial photography, Succession (biological), Tundra ecosystems, Remote sensing, Geospatial datasets, Wetland ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Environment, GeoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

Land use/Land cover, Lake drainage, Coastal retreat, Landscape change, Marine transgression, Permafrost degradation, Landscape processes

Place Keywords

Chipp River, NPRA, Teshekpuk Lake, National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, Teshekpuk Lake Special Use Area, North Slope Borough, NPR-A, Smith River, Alaska

Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1974-1979

This dataset is comprised of 11 geo-referenced aerial images of two study areas (Teshekpuk Lake Special Area and the Chipp River) in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain. The images are from aerial photo survey flown by NASA in 1974, 1977, 1979 and obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using the USGS EarthExplorer website in 2013. The images represent a historical snapshot of the landscape from that time.

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Author(s) Ken D. Tape
Publication Date 2015-03-01
Beginning Date of Data 1974
Ending Date of Data 1979
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F71G0J9D
Citation Tape, K.D., 2015, Aerial Images of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1974-1979: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71G0J9D.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2022-09-28
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