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    • ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids, Version 2

    Metadata Updated: May 27, 2024

    The Arctic - Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) has developed two standardized spatial data products to expedite coordination of research activities and to facilitate data interoperability. The ABoVE Study Domain encompasses the Arctic and boreal regions of Alaska, USA, and the western provinces of Canada, North America. Core and Extended study regions have been designated within this Domain and are provided in a vector representation (Shapefile), a raster representation (GeoTIFF at 1,000-meter spatial resolution), and a NetCDF file. A standard Reference Grid System has been developed to cover the entire Study Domain and extends to the eastern portion of North America. This Reference Grid is provided as nested polygon grids at scales of 240, 30, and 5-meter spatial resolution. The 5-meter grid is new in Version 2. Note that the designated standard projection for all ABoVE products is the Canadian Albers Equal Area projection.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Graphic Preview

    ABoVE spatial data products - the Study Domain with Core and Extended study regions displayed and the Standard Reference Grid showing the nested 240 meter, 30 meter and 5-meter tiling scheme. Left: The location of sample tile Bh002v003 (in purple) within both the larger A grid (in bold) and the smaller B grid. Right: The location of sample tile Ch014v020 within the larger two grids is shown.

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2111709298-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2024-05-23
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-24
    Category ABoVE, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Loboda, T.V., E.E. Hoy, and M.L. Carroll. 2017. ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids, Version 2. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1527
    Graphic Preview Description ABoVE spatial data products - the Study Domain with Core and Extended study regions displayed and the Standard Reference Grid showing the nested 240 meter, 30 meter and 5-meter tiling scheme. Left: The location of sample tile Bh002v003 (in purple) within both the larger A grid (in bold) and the smaller B grid. Right: The location of sample tile Ch014v020 within the larger two grids is shown.
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_reference_grid_v2_Fig1.png
    Harvest Object Id 6de34465-9911-455f-a025-28bd2ea1dcbd
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1527
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 771675ef7a46ea4a890c4f05a2be8a63cc512cc45342bd7d111a351d0a8202fc
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-04-20T23:59:59Z

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