Alaska EPSCoR: Northern Test Case

Project Information
Purpose/Overview of Study
Alaska ACE (Adapting to Changing Environments) is a place-based interdisciplinary effort by Alaska EPSCoR, a program of the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competetive Research (EPSCoR). This five-year collaborative agreement is organized into three regional test cases based at University of Alaska campuses and will improve Alaska's scientific capacity. The project addresses features of changing environments and identifies key variables and process that maximize a community's ability to effectively respond to change.

The Alaska EPSCoR Northern Test Case (NTC) conducts biological, physical, and social research into the adaptive capacity of Alaska's northern communities. This research is designed to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that enable these communities to effectively respond to environmental and social change. The NTC Catalog provides a collaborative workplace to facilitate research, promote data sharing, and communicate results.
Main Topic
Society
Environment
Project Sub Topic
Livelihoods and Subsistence
Tribal Land and Resources
Project Website
Alaska EPSCoR Northern Testcase
Investigators
Team-Based
Project Type
EPSCoR
Region
Alaska/Aleutian Islands
Location

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Alaska

Collaboration
Interdisciplinary Type
Interdisciplinary
Products Produced
Products
Project Products PT
Documents
Project Documents PT
Project Documents PT
Project Data
Data Types
NDVI
Demographic
Social data
Data Sources
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
Landsat
USGS
UAF Alaska Satellite Facility
LiDAR
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey
Alaska Dept. of Education and Early Development
Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development
Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation
North Slope Bureau Census 2010
Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services
U.S. Dept. of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Data Formats
LiDAR
Landsat
Aerial photographs
Raster
Orthomosaic
Digital Elevation Model
Esri geodatabase files
ESRI Shapefiles
About Data
Data Collected Domain
Integrated
Describe the data domain
NDVI; surface temperature; social data about subsistence use; demographic data; access to health care; community power and water use/management; education; employment; native language use
Data Collected Methodology
Qualitative
Quantitative
Describe Data Methodology
qualitative data generated from social surveys about subsistence hunting; quantitative remote sensing information; quantitative statewide information about community size, housing occupancy, demographics, education levels, and employment
Data Collected Biophysical Scale
Site
Local
Landscape/Watershed
Data Collected Social/Organizational Scale
Community or Neighborhood
Data Collected Temporal Scale
Past-historic (>30 years)
Describe Data Scale
Biophysical: North Slope Colville River, Crea Creek, northern Alaska

Social: North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk, Nuiqsut

Temporal: historic vegetation data, historic aerial imagery, contemporary statewide demographic statistics and social data about subsistence hunting
Data Combined
Yes
Describe Data Combined
Pre-existing: statewide demographic information, native language use

Collected: remote sensing and NDVI data using Landsat and LiDAR,

Pre-existing and collected: social subsistence surveys,
Project Personnel
Project Personnel
Person with Project
Role
Lead
Discipline
Social Ecological Systems Scientist
Person with Project
Role
Co-Lead
Senior Researcher
Discipline
Hydrologist
Person with Project
Role
Co-Lead
Discipline
Social Scientist