Digital Elevation Model of the Graham Bell Island and SAT / Landsat MS

The presented image is a visualization of a digital elevation model (DEM) of the Graham Bell Island and vicinity (Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic). This is the result of the interpretation of the land surface radar mapping data (ArticDEM, V4) and its subsequent processing using the ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., application tools and also using a graphical editor.
	
	Cartographic image: SAT - Landsat MS
PMM: ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., graphical editor.
Thematic layers: one satellit images - Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS Band, Landsat Product ID: LC08_L1TP_184248_20200729_20200923_02_T1
Landsat Scene ID: LC81842482020211LGN00, File Date: 2020-09-23T19:18:15Z / Scene Center Time: 2020-07-29.10:36:36.3742360Z. NASA-USGS.
New realistic and more visual cartographic image.

	Cartographic image: DEM - ArticDEM v4
PMM: ArcGIS Desktop v10.3.0. Esri Inc., graphical editor.
Thematic layers: base layers - DEM (shaded, browse), map design elements.
	
	Comment:
1. Franz Josef Land, is an archipelago of islands located in the Barents Sea, in northern Europe. It belongs to the western sector of the Russian Arctic. The archipelago stretches 234 km along the meridian and 375 km in latitude. It is the northernmost piece of land belonging to the Russian Federation, part of Russia's polar possessions, and is part of the Arkhangelsk Region. The northern point of the archipelago is Cape Fligeli on Rudolf Island, which is only 900 km from the North Pole. There are 191 islands in the archipelago, with a total area of about 16,134 sq. km. There are glaciers on 56 large islands, which occupy more than 85% of the total area of the archipelago, which is 13,735 sq. km. (a total of 995 glaciers). The landscape of the non-glacial land areas is of the Arctic desert type. The islands of the archipelago are composed mainly of sedimentary rocks covered by basalt layers. At the same time, basalts, as more resistant to weathering, determine the plateau-like nature of the relief of the islands. On a number of islands there are areas with well-defined parallel dike.
The height of most of the islands does not exceed 500 m above sea level, in the central part of the archipelago it is higher. The highest point of the native relief (620 m) is on the island of Wiener Neustadt, the glacial surface (670 m) - on Wilczek Land. The largest straits divide Franz Josef Land into three main groups of islands: western, central and eastern. The archipelago is the territory of the state nature reserve of federal significance "Franz Josef Land". Area - 1.7 thousand sq. km.
2. Graham Bell is the easternmost island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, in The highest point is 509 meters, the Vendy (Vetreny) Ice Cap, an area of about 600 square kilometers. The glaciation of this eastern group is represented by relatively simple, but large in area glacial complexes and domes. The peaks of the ice sheets of the islands rise to 500-600 m above sea level, which is due to the large thickness of ice, reaching 300-400 m. The northernmost point of the island is Cape Aeros'emki, the western is Cape Semerykh (Cape Sandy, Peschany). The easternmost point of the island and the entire archipelago is Cape Olni, north of which is Cape Kolzat; the southernmost point is Cape Leiter. In the west is the large Matusevich Bay. In the east is the small Ilistaya Bay with many small sandy islands. The nearest islands are Perlamutrovy Island and Trekhluchevoy Island. In the west, Graham Bell is separated from Vilchek Land Island by the Morgan Strait. The largest lake on the island is Melkoye Lake, the second largest is Severnoye Lake. There is no permanent population on the island.
3. Multispectral images that include data outside the human-visible spectrum provide more complete information about the Earth's surface.
4. Design versions when using methods of analytical shadow relief shading, in combination with different types of hypsometric scales. GIS application tools provide researchers with ample opportunities for their interpretation, visualization, creating a more realistic image of the landscape and maps.

	Source:
Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World / U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), professional paper; 1386, Chapter A-K 1988-2013. / https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386/ 
Íigh-resolution, high quality, digital surface model (DSM) of the Arctic (ArcticDEM), Polar Geospatial Center (PGC), University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering / https://www.pgc.umn.edu/data/arcticdem/ 
	
	Data source:
ArcGIS Online Viewer, Esri Inc. https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html 
ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, Esri Inc. https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/ 
ArcticDEM Explorer, Polar Geospatial Center (PGC), University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering / https://arcticdem.apps.pgc.umn.edu/ 
Alfred Wegener Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) / https://www.awi.de/expedition/stationen.html 
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS), GLIMS Glacier Database Viewer Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) / http://www.glims.org/maps/glims 
ICESat-2, Scientific Visualization Studio, Data Visualizations / https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/ 
CryoSat 2, European Space Agency (ESA)  / https://cs2eo.org/cryo2ice 
World Glacier Inventory, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Advancing knowledge of Earth's frozen regions / https://nsidc.org/data/ 

Spheroid: WGS, 1984
Geographic Coordinate System (GCS Datum): World Geodetic System, WGS 1984 (EPSG: 4326 / 3857)
Projection: Mercator Auxiliary Sphere
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Scale 1:450,000-1:120,000

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