Maps of Vegetation, NDVI, Snow and Thaw Depths: North Slope, Alaska and NWT, Canada

This dataset includes vegetation cover maps, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) maps, snow depth and thaw depth data that were obtained as part of a biocomplexity project on the North Slope of Alaska, USA, and the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. In Alaska, seven sites are located along the Dalton Highway and in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield area, forming a transect across the climate gradient of the North Slope. From South to North, the sites are Happy Valley, Sagwon (an acidic and nonacidic site), Franklin Bluffs, Deadhorse, West Dock and Howe Island. Four sites are in the NWT, forming a latitudinal gradient from South to North; the sites include Inuvik, Green Cabin, Mould Bay, and Isachsen.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated September 22, 2026, 20:39 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 17:06 (UTC)
accessLevel public
bureauCode {026:00}
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
harvest_object_id 64cbe423-e591-4ceb-ba7a-7a379823ffcb
harvest_source_id b99e41c6-fe79-4c19-bbc3-9b6c8111bfac
harvest_source_title Science Discovery Engine
identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1386
license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2026-09-14T22:16:02Z
programCode {026:000}
publisher ORNL_DAAC
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash a9fb391245ffbf3ad17ca7d2d91e5a3ff2ba7498a579fdba268b37480d94584c
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial ["CARTESIAN", [{"WestBoundingCoordinate": -148.852, "NorthBoundingCoordinate": 78.7857, "EastBoundingCoordinate": -103.552, "SouthBoundingCoordinate": 68.3617}]]
temporal 2000-08-01/2012-12-31
theme {"Earth Science"}