Earth System Science Data (Jun 2024)
The ABoVE L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys
- C. E. Miller,
- P. C. Griffith,
- E. Hoy,
- N. S. Pinto,
- Y. Lou,
- S. Hensley,
- B. D. Chapman,
- J. Baltzer,
- K. Bakian-Dogaheh,
- W. R. Bolton,
- W. R. Bolton,
- L. Bourgeau-Chavez,
- R. H. Chen,
- B.-H. Choe,
- L. K. Clayton,
- T. A. Douglas,
- N. French,
- J. E. Holloway,
- G. Hong,
- L. Huang,
- G. Iwahana,
- L. Jenkins,
- J. S. Kimball,
- T. Loboda,
- M. Mack,
- P. Marsh,
- R. J. Michaelides,
- M. Moghaddam,
- A. Parsekian,
- K. Schaefer,
- P. R. Siqueira,
- D. Singh,
- A. Tabatabaeenejad,
- M. Turetsky,
- R. Touzi,
- E. Wig,
- C. J. Wilson,
- P. Wilson,
- S. D. Wullschleger,
- Y. Yi,
- Y. Yi,
- H. A. Zebker,
- Y. Zhang,
- Y. Zhao,
- S. J. Goetz
Affiliations
- C. E. Miller
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- P. C. Griffith
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- E. Hoy
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/GST, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, USA
- N. S. Pinto
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Y. Lou
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- S. Hensley
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- B. D. Chapman
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- J. Baltzer
- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- K. Bakian-Dogaheh
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- W. R. Bolton
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA
- W. R. Bolton
- Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- L. Bourgeau-Chavez
- Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- R. H. Chen
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- B.-H. Choe
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada
- L. K. Clayton
- Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- T. A. Douglas
- U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fort Wainwright, AK 99709, USA
- N. French
- Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- J. E. Holloway
- Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- G. Hong
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada
- L. Huang
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, USA
- G. Iwahana
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA
- L. Jenkins
- Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
- J. S. Kimball
- NTSG, WA Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- T. Loboda
- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- M. Mack
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
- P. Marsh
- Department of Geography and Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- R. J. Michaelides
- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
- M. Moghaddam
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- A. Parsekian
- Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave., Laramie, WY, USA
- K. Schaefer
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, USA
- P. R. Siqueira
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9284, USA
- D. Singh
- Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- A. Tabatabaeenejad
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- M. Turetsky
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- R. Touzi
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada
- E. Wig
- Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- C. J. Wilson
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- P. Wilson
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada
- S. D. Wullschleger
- Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Y. Yi
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Y. Yi
- Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7228, USA
- H. A. Zebker
- Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Y. Zhang
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4, Canada
- Y. Zhao
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- S. J. Goetz
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2605-2024
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 16
pp. 2605 – 2624
Abstract
Permafrost-affected ecosystems of the Arctic–boreal zone in northwestern North America are undergoing profound transformation due to rapid climate change. NASA's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) is investigating characteristics that make these ecosystems vulnerable or resilient to this change. ABoVE employs airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) as a powerful tool to characterize tundra, taiga, peatlands, and fens. Here, we present an annotated guide to the L-band and P-band airborne SAR data acquired during the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022 ABoVE airborne campaigns. We summarize the ∼80 SAR flight lines and how they fit into the ABoVE experimental design (Miller et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2150). The Supplement provides hyperlinks to extensive maps, tables, and every flight plan as well as individual flight lines. We illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of airborne SAR data with examples of preliminary results from ABoVE studies including boreal forest canopy structure from TomoSAR data over Delta Junction, AK, and the Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites (BERMS) area in northern Saskatchewan and active layer thickness and soil moisture data product validation. This paper is presented as a guide to enable interested readers to fully explore the ABoVE L- and P-band airborne SAR data (https://uavsar.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/data.pl).
