Alaska Arctic Tundra Vegetation Map

Introduction - AVHRR false-color composite image - Vegetation Units - Bioclimate Subzones - Floristic Provinces
Substrate Chemistry - Elevation - Lake Cover - Maximum NDVI and Phytomass

Lake Cover

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This map is nearly identical to the Alaska portion of the Lake Cover map of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. Only the boundaries of the map and scale are changed.

Lake cover strongly affects the reflectance of the land surface over large areas of Alaska, and was useful for identifying extensive wetlands. Lake cover was based on the number of AVHRR water pixels in each mapped polygon, divided by the number of pixels in the polygon. Since the imagery has a pixel size of 1 km², lake cover is underestimated for areas with many small lakes. Pixels within 2 km of the coastline were excluded to avoid ocean water.