Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data

Gangodagamage, Chandana; Wullschleger, Stan

doi:10.5440/1136189

Title: Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data

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The dataset represents microtopographic characterization of the ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska. Three microtopographic features are delineated using 0.25 m high resolution digital elevation dataset derived from LiDAR. The troughs, rims, and centers are the three categories in this classification scheme. The polygon troughs are the surface expression of the ice-wedges that are in lower elevations than the interior polygon. The elevated shoulders of the polygon interior immediately adjacent to the polygon troughs are the polygon rims for the low center polygons. In case of high center polygons, these features are the topographic highs. In this classification scheme, both topographic highs and rims are considered as polygon rims. The next version of the dataset will include more refined classification scheme including separate classes for rims ad topographic highs. The interior part of the polygon just adjacent to the polygon rims are the polygon centers.

Authors:: Gangodagamage, Chandana; Wullschleger, Stan

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Next Generation Ecosystems Experiment - Arctic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Subject:: 54 Environmental Sciences

Keywords:: High center polygons; low center polygons; LiDAR; digital elevation model; Barrow, AK topography; NGEE LiDAR; troughs, rims, centers

OSTI Identifier:: 1136189

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5440/1136189

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                    Gangodagamage, Chandana, and Wullschleger, Stan. Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Gangodagamage, Chandana, & Wullschleger, Stan. Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5440/1136189

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                    Gangodagamage, Chandana, and Wullschleger, Stan. 2014.  
"Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5440/1136189.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1136189. Pub date:Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014

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  title        = {Microtopographic characterization of ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska: a digital map of troughs, rims, centers derived from high resolution (0.25 m) LiDAR data},

  author       = {Gangodagamage, Chandana and Wullschleger, Stan},

  abstractNote = {The dataset represents microtopographic characterization of the ice-wedge polygon landscape in Barrow, Alaska. Three microtopographic features are delineated using 0.25 m high resolution digital elevation dataset derived from LiDAR. The troughs, rims, and centers are the three categories in this classification scheme. The polygon troughs are the surface expression of the ice-wedges that are in lower elevations than the interior polygon. The elevated shoulders of the polygon interior immediately adjacent to the polygon troughs are the polygon rims for the low center polygons. In case of high center polygons, these features are the topographic highs. In this classification scheme, both topographic highs and rims are considered as polygon rims. The next version of the dataset will include more refined classification scheme including separate classes for rims ad topographic highs. The interior part of the polygon just adjacent to the polygon rims are the polygon centers.},

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  year         = {Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

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