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Lindgren, Prajna R; Grosse, Guido; Romanovsky, Vladimir E (2015): Western Alaska Lake Database [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847703

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Abstract:
This vector data layer covers 6 major lake districts (Baldwin Peninsula, Kobuk Delta, Selawik Lowland, Northern Seward Peninsula, Central Seward Peninsula, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta) in the northern and central sub-regions of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (WALCC) region and consists of polygons of lakes with areas equal or greater than 1.0 ha. More than 58000 Lakes were mapped from Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery acquired between 1972 and 1975, 2002 and 2009, and 2013 and 2014 using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) techniques with an classification accuracy of 96%. The spatial image resolution of Landsat TM and ETM+ is 30 m. Permafrost characteristics and surficial geology associated with lake polygons were determined from the Alaska permafrost map (Jorgenson et al. 2008).
Related to:
Grosse, Guido; Lindgren, Prajna R; Romanovsky, Vladimir E (2015): Broad-scale lake and permafrost dynamics in the Western Alaska LCC region. Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative Project WA2011_02, Final Report
Lindgren, Prajna R; Grosse, Guido; Romanovsky, Vladimir E (in review): Landsat-based lake distribution and changes in western Alaska permafrost regions between 1970s and 2010s. Journal of Hydrology
Project(s):
Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI (AWI_PerDyn)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 63.375000 * Median Longitude: -163.075000 * South-bound Latitude: 59.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -168.150000 * North-bound Latitude: 67.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -158.000000
Event(s):
Western-Alaska-LCC * Latitude Start: 67.000000 * Longitude Start: -168.150000 * Latitude End: 59.750000 * Longitude End: -158.000000 * Location: Alaska, USA * Method/Device: Remote sensing (Landsat) (LSAT)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
3 datasets

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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Lindgren, PR; Grosse, G; Romanovsky, VE (2015): Western Alaska Lake Database: 1970s. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847670
  2. Lindgren, PR; Grosse, G; Romanovsky, VE (2015): Western Alaska Lake Database: 2000s. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847673
  3. Lindgren, PR; Grosse, G; Romanovsky, VE (2015): Western Alaska Lake Database: 2013-2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847678