Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Spring 2000 and 2001  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS149
Summary
This data set formed the basis for estimating sea ice floe velocities covering two spring whaling seasons with markedly different rates of success from March to June in 2000 and 2001 in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas near Barrow, Alaska. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from the RADARSAT and the European Remote Sensing Two (ERS - 2) satellites and broadband visible (VIS) and infrared (IR)images from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite were used. Sea ice floe velocity and sea ice reflectance are the parameters used in this data set.
The temporal resolution of these images were from one to seven days with a mean of three days. The spatial resolution was 30 m to 1.6 km. These images were georeferenced and reproduced in Microsoft PowerPoint format; thus, PowerPoint is necessary to view these images. Data and browse images are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 80°
S: 65°
E: -141°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: David W. Norton
Dataset Title: Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Spring 2000 and 2001
Dataset Release Date: 2006-09-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss149.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-03-01
Stop Date: 2000-06-30
Start Date: 2001-03-01
Stop Date: 2001-06-30
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 0.03 km to 1.6 km
Longitude Resolution: 0.03 km to 1.6 km
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA
Science Keywords
- Oceans Sea Ice Reflectance
- Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
Ancillary Keywords
- ARCSS
- ARCSS149
- ARCSS Data Coordination Center
- Arctic
- Arctic Sea Ice
- Beaufort Sea
- Chukchi Sea
- cultural perspective
- local and indigenous knowledge
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- OPP-9908682
- Sea Ice
- Sea Ice Concentration
- Sea Ice Drift
- Sea Ice Extent
- Sea Ice Motion
- Sea Ice Velocity
- traditional environmental knowledge
Platform
- ERS-2 European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
- NOAA POES NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
- RADARSAT-1
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- AMI Active Microwave Instrument
- AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_ARCSS
Data Center
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 56 MB
Distribution Format: Microsoft PowerPoint
Personnel
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
David W. Norton
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- North Slope Borough
City: Fairbanks
Province or State: AK
Postal Code: 99775-7220
Country: USA
Allison Graves Gaylord
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Nuna Technologies
- P.O Box 1483
City: Homer
Province or State: AK
Postal Code: 99603
Reference
Norton, D. W. and A. G Gaylord. 2004. Drift velocities of ice floes in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea flaw zone: Determinants of subsistence whaling success in 2000 and 2001. Arctic 57 (4): 347-362.
George, J. C., H. P. Huntington, K. N. Brewster, H. Eicken, D. W. Norton, and R. Glenn. 2004. Observations on shore fast ice dynamics in Arctic Alaska and the responses of the Inupiat hunting community. Arctic 57 (4): 363-374
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-09-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-18
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