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ABoVE_Airborne_AVIRIS_NG_V3_2362·v3·dataset

Detailed airborne spectral imaging of the far north (2017-2022)

ABoVE: AVIRIS-NG Imaging Spectroscopy for Alaska, Canada, and Iceland, 2017-2022, V3
land NASA ORNL_CLOUD Level 2 multiple
In plain English

What it measures. Very detailed airborne images of the land surface across 425 narrow light bands, from visible through shortwave infrared, at about 5-meter detail across Alaska, northwestern Canada, and Iceland. Includes both the light reflected and the corrected true surface color.

How it's made. Captured by the AVIRIS-NG imaging spectrometer flown on a B-200 aircraft for the ABoVE campaign between 2017 and 2022, then calibrated for brightness and location.

How & where you'd use it. Supports fine-scale study of northern ecosystems, such as the shift between tundra and forest, plus targeted watershed and delta study areas.

What's measured

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › INFRARED WAVELENGTHS › INFRARED IMAGERYSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS › VISIBLE IMAGERYSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › INFRARED WAVELENGTHS › INFRARED RADIANCESPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS › VISIBLE RADIANCELAND SURFACE › SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES › REFLECTANCE

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2017-06-24 → 2022-08-19
  • Measured byB-200 (AVIRIS-NG)
  • Processing levelLevel 2
  • Spatial extent-166.651, 52.1605, 28.2195, 71.3804
  • Formatsmultiple
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

This dataset supersedes the previously published ABoVE AVIRIS-NG Level 2 surface reflectance files for 2017-2019 surveys of Alaska and northwestern Canada. It also includes previously unpublished L1 radiance and L2 reflectance for the 2021 surveys in Iceland when COVID-era policies prevented normal ABoVE flights, and the 2022 surveys, which returned to the ABoVE domain. The dataset comprises ~1700 individual flight lines covering ~120,000 km2 with a nominal spatial resolution of 5 m. Sampling includes individual transects to capture key gradients like the tundra-taiga ecotone and raster maps of key study areas like the CHARS Greiner watershed, the Mackenzie Delta, and the Utqiagvik/Point Barrow area. AVIRIS-NG measures reflected radiance in 425 bands at 5-nanometer (nm) intervals in the visible to shortwave infrared spectral range between 380 and 2510 nm. Measurements were radiometrically and geometrically calibrated. This dataset represents one part of a multi-sensor airborne sampling campaign conducted by eleven different aircraft teams for ABoVE. The imagery data are provided in ENVI format along with a RGB composite image for each flight line and shapefiles showing imagery boundaries.

Get the data

above_airborne_aviris_ng_v3_2362_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="ABoVE_Airborne_AVIRIS_NG_V3_2362",
    version="3",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ORNL_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.