Alaskan Lake Database Mapped from Landsat Images

The lake map for the State of Alaska was generated from selected Landsat acquired during summer seasons of circa 2000. Nearly 400 30-m resolution Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images were used to produce the lake map. The database contains over 38,000 lakes larger than 0.1 km2. The spatial coverage of the product is nearly the entire state except the Aleutian islands. The lake product is released at three different levels in response to lake size classes:

  • Level 1: large lakes greater than 10 km2;

  • Level 2: medium-sized lakes between 1 and 10 km2;

  • Level 3: small lakes between 0.1 and 1 km2. The Alaskan lake products are released in ArcView shapefile format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1999-06-30T00:00:00Z
    End:  2002-10-01T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1999-06-30T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2002-10-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 71.40000
Bounding Box South Lat 45.00000
Bounding Box West Long -167.00000
Bounding Box East Long -130.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : readme_AlaskanLakes.pdf
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Resource Format ZIP: PKZIP (application/zip)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 175 MB
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Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

Author Jida Wang
Yongwei Sheng
Kenneth M. Hinkel
Evan Lyons
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-11-30T18:11:12
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.346
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:51:51Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.346
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Jida Wang, Yongwei Sheng, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Evan Lyons. (2011). Alaskan Lake Database Mapped from Landsat Images. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.346. Accessed 16 February 2025.

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