Imaging · collection · 2026
ABoVE: UAV VNIR Imaging Spectroscopy and Derived Plant Functional Types
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2503
This dataset contains orthorectified surface reflectance imagery in 326 bands (397 to 1000nm) and derived plant functional type (PFT) classification products generated from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-mounted Visible and Near-Infrared (VNIR) imaging spectrometers.
Description
The imagery were collected across multiple Arctic and boreal sites in Alaska during July and August of 2018 and 2019. The data are high spatial resolution (approximately 4-10 cm ground sampling distance) hyperspectral imagery processed to generate spatially explicit maps of PFTs at native UAV resolution.
The data were collected as part of the NASA Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) and are provided in GeoTIFF, Keyhole Markup Language, and ENVI formats along with JPEG quicklook images.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2503 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/AK_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_PFT/comp/AK_Reflectance_U… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264189127-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/AK_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_PFT_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource above.nasa.gov ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=AK_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_PFT_2503&ac=true ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/above-uav-vnir-imaging-spectroscopy-and-derived-plant-… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=1fc66710-fcab-4788-92e6-b4c33e86a… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264189127-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4264189127-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Hyerspectral Imager · Plant Functional Diversity · Reflectance · Unmanned Aerial Vehicle · Vegetation Species
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4264189127-ORNL_CLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 1fc66710-fcab-4788-92e6-b4c33e86a0c1 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:hsi | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/ecosystem-functions/plant-functional-diversity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/reflectance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:uav | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |