Bathymetric data from GTH62 Lake, Toolik Field Station, Alaska (2015)

Toolik Field Station is located in the foothills of the Brooks Range on Alaska's North Slope and is administered by the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Toolik Field Station was first established to support an aquatic program designed to obtain base-line data on the North Slope and inland coastal ponds in 1975. Research has expanded over the years to include terrestrial, atmospheric, vertebrate and other taxa, making Toolik home to a long running and diversified body of arctic ecology. The station currently supports a long-standing and rapidly expanding community of scientists and research projects representing individual and collaborative efforts from United States and international institutions. Growth of Toolik-based science, the number of researchers, and the facility from a tented camp to a research station prompted the establishment of the Toolik GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and Remote Sensing (RS) Program as part of the 5 year Cooperative Agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2001 (NSF Award Number 9981914). The mission of this Program is to facilitate and enhance arctic research, and to increase research and management efficiency, effectiveness and capability. This is accomplished: 1) through Information Technology (IT) and GIS-RS support of administrative and management infrastructure and production of planning tools for land management and permitting, and 2) through direct consultation and GIS, RS, and Global Posititioning System (GPS) support services to scientists. ToolikGIS provides a rich spatial geodatabase, project-specific data development, spatial analyses, consultation and documentation.

图利克野外站（Toolik Field Station）坐落于阿拉斯加北坡布鲁克斯山脉山麓，由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校（University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF）北极生物研究所负责运营管理。该站始建于1975年，最初旨在支撑一项水生研究项目，以获取北坡及内陆沿海池塘的基线数据。多年来，研究领域逐步拓展至陆地、大气、脊椎动物及其他分类群，使图利克野外站成为长期开展多元化北极生态学研究的核心基地。目前，该站支撑着一个长期存续且规模快速扩张的科研团队，以及来自美国及全球各机构的独立与合作研究项目。伴随依托图利克开展的科研事业、研究人员规模，以及设施从帐篷营地升级为专业研究站的快速发展，美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation, NSF）与阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校北极生物研究所于2001年签署为期5年的合作协议（NSF资助编号：9981914），并据此设立了图利克地理信息系统（Geographic Information Systems, GIS）与遥感（Remote Sensing, RS）项目。本项目的使命是促进并强化北极研究，提升科研与管理的效率、效能与能力。具体实现路径包含两方面：1）通过信息技术（Information Technology, IT）与GIS-RS技术支撑行政与管理基础设施建设，开发土地管理与许可审批相关的规划工具；2）为科研人员提供直接咨询，以及GIS、RS与全球定位系统（Global Positioning System, GPS）技术支持服务。图利克GIS团队可提供丰富的空间地理数据库、项目专属数据开发、空间分析、咨询服务与文档编制支持。