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Yang, Ruitang (2024): Glacier mass and area changes on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1986–2016 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965738

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Abstract:
Several studies reported glaciers on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska have experienced widespread recession since the Little Ice Age Maximum. However, most studies have been carried out on parts of the whole glacierized region. In this study, we estimate the glacier volume and mass change by geodetic method, derived from derived from DEMs generated from ASTER images in 2005 and the IFSAR DEM in 2014, to reveal substantial thinning and mass loss between 2005 and 2014. The ASTER data were acquired between 9 August and 14 August 2005, while the IFSAR data were acquired between 29 August and 12 September 2014.
Keyword(s):
Alaska; geodetic mass balance; glacier; mass balance; remote sensing
Funding:
China Scholarship Council (CSC), grant/award no. 201904910323: China Scholarship Council
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), grant/award no. QYZDJ-SSW-DQC039: Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), grant/award no. QYZDY-SSWDQC02: Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), grant/award no. XDA19070501: Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), grant/award no. 41721091
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 60.059000 * Median Longitude: -149.995000 * South-bound Latitude: 60.024000 * West-bound Longitude: -149.995000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.094000 * East-bound Longitude: -149.995000
Date/Time Start: 2014-08-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-09-14T23:59:59
Event(s):
Kenai_Peninsula_1986–2016_ASTER * Latitude: 60.094000 * Longitude: -149.995000 * Date/Time Start: 2014-08-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-09-14T23:59:59 * Location: Alaska * Method/Device: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, digital elevation model (ASTER DEM)
Kenai_Peninsula_1986–2016_IFSAR * Latitude: 60.024000 * Longitude: -149.995000 * Date/Time Start: 2014-08-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-09-12T23:59:59 * Location: Alaska * Method/Device: Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IfSAR), digital elevation model (InSAR DEM)
Comment:
This dataset is the digital elevation model (DEM) for the glaciers on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
File contentContentYang, Ruitang
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Raster graphic, GeoTIFF format (File Size)GeoTIFF (Size)BytesYang, Ruitang
Raster graphic, GeoTIFF format (MD5 Hash)GeoTIFF (Hash)Yang, Ruitang
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Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
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IFSAR DEM, 30 m, 2014ifsar_30m_new.tif207.9 MBytes712373549789025d6bd4a82f3e2c62bc2014-08-292014-09-12
The aspect product derived from IFSAR DEM 1ifsar_30m_new_aspect.tif207.9 MBytes30cb354aab0c53ffac5721ec03b1f9162014-08-292014-09-12
The hillshade derived from IFSAR DEM 1ifsar_30m_new_hillshade.tif207.8 MBytes9b86fad274d45fc98acd693790da53de2014-08-292014-09-12
The slope product derived from IFSAR DEM 1ifsar_30m_new_slope.tif210.2 MBytes2cceb6e77df247d6d5439cf72fa181722014-08-292014-09-12
Stable terrain maskstable_terrain_mask_final_ifsar_n.tif207.9 MBytesb474fcdbb864be08c5d5d9f14101bce22014-08-292014-09-12
DEM derived from ASTER L1A stereo images (3N and 3B bands) in early August 2005, for the Zone 1 on the Kenai Peninsula, (Grewingk-Yalik Glacier Complex)Aster_jn_3d_noe_0503_Zone1.tif39 MBytes7747b37fd908a13c9e548d38db4db5122005-08-142005-08-14
DEM derived from ASTER L1A stereo images (3N and 3B bands) in early August 2005, for the Zone 2 on the Kenai Peninsula, (Harding Icefield)Aster_jn_3d_noe_05_020307_n_Zone2.tif153.5 MBytesbfccd82ab3286335dc4f165307bf65ba2005-08-142005-08-14
DEM derived from ASTER L1A stereo images (3N and 3B bands) in early August 2005, for the Zone 3 on the Kenai Peninsula, (Sargent Icefield)Aster_jn_3d_noe_0506_Zone3.tif55 MBytes48db0bd2e4a61af2372a1141b53bef4f2005-08-092005-08-09
DEM derived from ASTER L1A stereo images (3N and 3B bands) in early August 2005, for the Zone 4 on the Kenai PeninsulaAster_jn_3d_noe_0501_Zone4.tif44.6 MBytesed1abbd8deb9f60321961115d02eddf52005-08-092005-08-09