Digital Elevation Model, 0.25 m, Barrow Environmental Observatory, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, 2013

Dataset · Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5440/1224720· OSTI ID:1224720

Wilson, Cathy ; Altmann, Garrett

This 0.25m horizontal resolution digital elevation model (DEM) was developed from Airborne Laser Altimetry flown by Aerometric Inc, now known as Quantum Spatial, Inc. on July 12, 2013. One Mission was flown and the data jointly processed with LANL personnel to produce a 0.25m DEM covering a region approximately 2.8km wide and 12.4km long extending from the coast above North Salt Lagoon to south of Gas Well Road. This DEM encompasses a diverse range of hydrologic, geomorphic, geophysical and biological features typical of the Barrow Peninsula. Vertical accuracy at the 95% confidence interval was computed as 0.143m. The coordinate system, datum, and geoid for this DEM are UTM Zone 4N, NAD83 (2011), NAVD88 (GEOID09). Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5440/1224720The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a research effort to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy?s Office of Biological and Environmental Research.The NGEE Arctic project had two field research sites: 1) located within the Arctic polygonal tundra coastal region on the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and the North Slope near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska and 2) multiple areas on the discontinuous permafrost region of the Seward Peninsula north of Nome, Alaska.Through observations, experiments, and synthesis with existing datasets, NGEE Arctic provided an enhanced knowledge base for multi-scale modeling and contributed to improved process representation at global pan-Arctic scales within the Department of Energy?s Earth system Model (the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM), and specifically within the E3SM Land Model component (ELM).

• Research Organization: Next Generation Ecosystems Experiment - Arctic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); NGEE Arctic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Contributing Organization: ORNL
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1224720
• Report Number(s): NGA017; ngee_19826DA7585AB04DD038839A4825D1BB2015_11_20_175618972
• Availability: ORNL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 Environmental Sciences
DIGITAL ELEVATION/TERRAIN MODEL (DEM)
TERRAIN ELEVATION
Topography
Land Surface
LIDAR
Laser backscatter
Elevation
Utqiagvik
Alaska
North Slope
Alaska
Area B
DTLB-1
Intensive site 1
Alaska
Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Coastal Plain
Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO)
Area D
Area A
Intensive site 0
Area C
DTLB-2