Title:

A continuous, transboundary, 50-meter DEM for the Alaska Perhumid Coastal Temperate Rainforest (AKPCTR_DEM)

Author(s):

Biles, Frances

Publication Year:

2016

How to Cite:

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Biles, Frances. 2016. A continuous, transboundary, 50-meter DEM for the Alaska Perhumid Coastal Temperate Rainforest (AKPCTR_DEM). Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Fairbanks - Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP). http://ckan.snap.uaf.edu/dataset/a-continuous-transboundary-50-meter-dem-for-the-alaska-perhumid-coastal-temperate-rainforest-ak

ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS:

The portion of AKPCTR_DEM covering Alaska, USA used source data produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. These data are covered under the USGS disclaimer (https://www.doi.gov/disclaimer) and are considered to be in the U.S. public domain and can be used without restriction (https://www2.usgs.gov/visualid/credit_usgs.html).

The portion of AKPCTR_DEM covering British Columbia, Canada used source data produced by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – GeoBC. Use of this data is covered under the "Open Government License - British Columbia," which can be viewed here: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/about-the-bcgovernment/databc/open-data/open-government-license-bc.

The portion of AKPCTR_DEM covering the Yukon Territory, Canada used source data produced by the Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Earth Sciences Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (source for 1:50k CDED DEM dataset for Yukon Territory). These data are licensed under the "Open Government Licence – Canada," which can be viewed here: http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada.

Abstract:

AKPCTR_DEM is a 50-meter resolution, bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM) in raster (geotiff) format. The perhumid (wettest) region of the North American coastal temperate rainforest (PCTR) extends along the coast of British Columbia and southeast Alaska between approximately 50.57 and 59.6 degrees north latitude.The extent of this dataset includes all of the Alaska and Canada watersheds that discharge into southeast Alaska coastal waters, which covers essentially the northern half of the PCTR.

Keywords:

elevation; digital elevation model; DEM; digital terrain model; DTM; bare earth; coastal temperature rainforest; rain forest; transboundary; crossboundary; NED; TRIM; CDED; earth science; land surface; topography; terrain elevation; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Geography; Alaska; North America; United States of America; Canada; British Columbia; Yukon Territory; Tongass National Forest

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