About this Dataset

Timeseries Of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived From CubeSat Imagery, 2017

This dataset provides near-daily lake area timeseries for 85,358 lakes across four study areas in Northern Canada and Alaska, USA, between May 1 and October 1, 2017. These lake area estimates were produced using digital images from newly developed Planet Labs CubeSats, small satellites with a 4-band (blue, green, red, near-infrared) camera payload. In constellation, CubeSats collected imagery at very high spatial (3-5m) and temporal (near-daily) resolution. From the imagery, each lake's mean, minimum, and maximum areas and seasonal dynamism were derived. The dataset covers four Arctic-Boreal regions: the Yukon Flats Basin (YFB) in eastern interior Alaska, and the Mackenzie River Valley (MRV), Canadian Shield Transect (CST), and Hudson Bay Lowland (HBL) in Canada.
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Last updated: 2025-08-29T21:47:46.601868
Tags: earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-alpine-tundra, earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-forests, earth-science-surface-water-terrestrial-hydrosphere-surface-water-features-lakes-reservoirs, earth-science-surface-water-terrestrial-hydrosphere-surface-water-processes-measurements-total

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.nasa_gov_timeseries_of_arctic_boreal_lake_area_derived_7f319d8a.table_1

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701 rows
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CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "study_area" VARCHAR,
  "above_grid_level" VARCHAR,
  "grid_tile_id" VARCHAR,
  "grid_resolution" VARCHAR,
  "ah" BIGINT,
  "av" BIGINT,
  "bh" BIGINT,
  "bv" BIGINT,
  "ch" BIGINT,
  "cv" BIGINT
);