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Data Set ID:
G02188

Project Birdseye Aerial Photograph Collection: Digital and Analog Materials, Version 1

This collection consists of both analog and digital aerial photographs from Arctic areas in and around Baffin Bay, the Labrador Sea, the Arctic Ocean, the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, and the Bering Sea and Strait from 1962 to 1984 as well as data reports from 1962 through 1971.

The US Navy’s Project Birdseye spanned approximately 1962 to the mid-1980s. Over more than 20 years, the project generated numerous reports as well as visible band photographs and other data. The aerial photographs reside in 99 film canisters, each approximately a foot tall and six inches in diameter containing roughly 400 photographic negatives in a long film roll. Photographs from seven of the canisters have been digitized, resulting in 1752 image files. These are available via FTP along with project reports and documents on the history of Project Birdseye. In addition to the film canisters, two boxes of flight data logs and maps are currently held by NSIDC.

Geographic Coverage

Spatial Coverage:
  • N: 90, S: 60, E: 30, W: -180

Spatial Resolution: Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 1970 to 31 December 1984
Temporal Resolution: Not specified
Parameter(s):
  • Sea Ice > Ice Edges
  • Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
  • Sea Ice > Ice Edges > Ice Roughness
  • Sea Ice > Ice Types
  • Sea Ice
Platform(s) AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, AIRCRAFT
Sensor(s): CAMERAS
Data Format(s):
  • TIFF
  • PDF
  • Paper
  • JPEG
Version: V1
Data Contributor(s): Florence Fetterer, Allaina Wallace, Brian Zelip

Data Citation

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.

National Snow and Ice Data Center. Compiled by F. Fetterer, A. Wallace, and B. Zelip. 2014. Project Birdseye Aerial Photograph Collection: Digital and Analog Materials, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5NG4NJZ. [Date Accessed].
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