Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1955
Dates
Publication Date
2015-03-01
Time Period
1955
Last Revision
2022-09-30
Citation
Tape, K.D., 2015. Aerial image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, 1955 (ver 1.1, September 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F757192K.
Summary
This dataset is comprised of one geo-referenced aerial image from the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using the USGS EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents a historical snapshot of the landscape from that time. Version History: First release: March 2015 Revised September 2022 (ver. 1.1)
Summary
This dataset is comprised of one geo-referenced aerial image from the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA) on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using the USGS EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents a historical snapshot of the landscape from that time.
Version History:
First release: March 2015
Revised September 2022 (ver. 1.1)
The purpose of this dataset is to assess changes in vegetation or landforms during the 20th century that may be related to climate change and impacts on critical wildlife habitat.
