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NPS | 2017
Snow wetness and icing can affect ecosystem processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales including hydrology, carbon cycling, wildlife movement, and human transportation. Snow wetness occurs…
NPS | 2017
In 2010, a team of researchers at the University of Washington worked with the NPS to analyze the canopy structure across Crater Lake National Park using lidar data. The data were used to identify…
NPS | 2017
In spring 2017, Denali National Park consulted with the NPS Alaska Regional Office (AKRO) to develop a project for the documentation of the aging Kantishna Roadhouse, a building located near the end…
NPS | 2017
The NPS has partnered with Alaska Biological Research (ABR), Inc., to develop an Alaska-wide map that shows general patterns of snowmelt in the spring at a 30-m (Landsat) scale. This…
NPS | 2017
The NPS, Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network (ARCN) is using 35-mm aerial photography to monitor the growth of permafrost thaw slumps in the five national parks of northern Alaska. These slumps…
NPS | 2017
The Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) vegetation mapping project is a component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This is a cooperative…
NPS | 2013
One of the key early steps in preparing for sea-level rise and storm surge is ensuring that the geodetic “backbone,” the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) benchmarks, have long-term viability and…
NPS | 2013
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (TIMU), Jacksonville, FL, contains thousands of acres of healthy and productive salt marsh. These salt marshes provide crucial habitat to a wide variety of…
NPS | 2013
The Alaska Shallow Lake Monitoring Program, part of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program, monitors the water quantity and chemistry of shallow lakes along with the composition of the vegetation…
NPS | 2013
The 2010 lidar survey of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, penetrated forested terrain to reveal surface features of the ignimbrite (pyroclastic flow deposit) from the climactic caldera-forming…
NPS | 2013
NPS used high-resolution IKONOS satellite images and a combination of manual and computer-assisted methods to map slumps and small landslides caused by thaw of permafrost in Alaska's Arctic national…
NPS | 2013
Slumps caused by thaw of permafrost are common in Alaska's Arctic national parks. Slumps often occur near rivers or lakes and can shed significant amounts of sediment into the adjacent water body.…