High-Resolution QuickBird Imagery and Related GIS Layers for Barrow, Alaska, USA  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS304
Summary
This data set contains high-resolution QuickBird imagery and geospatial data for the entire Barrow QuickBird image area (156.15° W - 157.07° W, 71.15° N - 71.41° N) and Barrow B4 Quadrangle (156.29° W - 156.89° W, 71.25° N - 71.40° N), for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing software. The original QuickBird data sets were acquired by DigitalGlobe from 1 to 2 August 2002, and consist of orthorectified satellite imagery. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)-compliant metadata for all value-added data sets are provided in text, HTML, and XML formats.
Accessory layers include: 1:250,000- and 1:63,360-scale USGS Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) mosaic images (GeoTIFF format); 1:250,000- and 1:63,360-scale USGS quadrangle index maps (ESRI Shapefile format); an index map for the 62 QuickBird tiles (ESRI Shapefile format); and a simple polygon layer of the extent of the Barrow QuickBird image area and the Barrow B4 quadrangle area (ESRI Shapefile format).
Unmodified QuickBird data comprise 62 data tiles in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 4 in GeoTIFF format. Standard release files describing the QuickBird data are included, along with the DigitalGlobe license agreement and product handbooks.
The baseline geospatial data support education, outreach, and multi-disciplinary research of environmental change in Barrow, which is an area of focused scientific interest. Data are provided on four DVDs. This product is available only to investigators funded specifically from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Polar Programs (OPP), Arctic Sciences Section. An NSF OPP award number must be provided when ordering this data.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 71.405°
S: 71.14764°
E: -156.14847°
W: -157.07033°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Manley, W. F., L. R. Lestak, C. E. Tweedie, and J. A. Maslanik.
Dataset Title: High-Resolution QuickBird Imagery and Related GIS Layers for Barrow, Alaska, USA
Dataset Release Date: 2006-04-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss304.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-08-01
Stop Date: 2002-08-02
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2.8 m
Longitude Resolution: 2.8 m
Latitude Resolution: 0.7 m
Longitude Resolution: 0.7 m
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Surface Radiative Properties Reflectance
- Land Surface Surface Radiative Properties Reflectance
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Reflected Infrared
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Reflected Infrared
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Imagery
Ancillary Keywords
- Alaska
- arcss304
- ARCSS Data Coordination Center
- Aspect
- Barrow
- Digital Elevation Model
- Digital Mapping
- GIS
- Infrared
- Mapping
- Maps
- Multispectral
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- OPP0224071
- ORRI > Orthorectified Radar Imagery
- Panchromatic
- QuickBird
- Remote Sensing
- Satellite Imagery
- Topography
- Visible Imagery
- Geoscientific Information
Platform
- QUICKBIRD DigitalGlobe's QuickBird
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 QuickBird Ball High Resolution Camera 60
Project
- NSF/OPP Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
Quality
Quality checks were performed throughout all processing procedures. Z-profiles for multispectral tiles were viewed for various locations in the image. Vegetation, water features and human-made features were checked for correct radiometric values. Actual digital number (DN) values were checked for individual tiles and for corresponding areas in the mosaics. Pixel registration of panchromatic and multispectral tiles were checked.
The Barrow orthoimagery location accuracy is defined as custom; the investigator team supplied the digital elevation model (DEM) and ground control points (GCPs). Imagery meets and usually exceeds QuickBird's specifications for 1:12,000 scale orthoimagery, which is defined as 10.2 meters CE90% and 6.2 meters root-mean-square error. Radiometric, sensor, and geometric corrections were applied to separate images by DigitalGlobe and images were mapped to a cartographic projection using a digital elevation model (DEM) to correct parallax error due to local topographic relief. Each image has a different location accuracy. See the PDF file 'Barrow QuickBird Quality Assessment Report.pdf' (distributed with the data) for GCPs used to geocorrect imagery, correction errors, and other issues related to quality control.
Access Constraints
Data are available on four DVDs and are restricted to NSF OPP Arctric Sciences Section-funded investigators. To place an order, visit the NSIDC catalog description (http://nsidc.org/data/arcss304.html) for this data set. Click 'Register for Data' and read the license agreement. Scroll to the end of the agreement to accept it. You will be directed to a registration form; please complete this and provide your most recent NSF OPP grant number. NSIDC User Services will verify the grant number and contact you soon with an order confirmation.
Reduced-resolution (http://nsidc.org/data/arcss305.html) versions of these data are available to the general public.
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_ARCSS
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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
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: DVD
Distribution Size: 17 GB
Distribution Format: ESRI Grid
Distribution Media: DVD
Distribution Size: 17 GB
Distribution Format: ESRI Shapefiles
Distribution Media: DVD
Distribution Size: 17 GB
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Distribution Media: DVD
Distribution Size: 17 GB
Distribution Format: Binary
Personnel
William F. Manley
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
- 450 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Leanne R. Lestak
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- University of Colorado
- 216 UCB
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0216
Country: USA
Craig Tweedie
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: ctweedie@utep.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Texas at El Paso
- Department of Biology
- 500 University Blvd.
- Biology Bldg., Room 226
City: El Paso
Province or State: TX
Postal Code: 79968-0513
Country: USA
Jim Maslanik
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309
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
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Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-04-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-16
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