Bathymetric data from E4 Lake, Toolik Field Station, Alaska (2006)

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岭山麓，由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校北极生物研究所管理，该校缩写为UAF。该站于1975年首次设立，初衷是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。多年来研究领域不断拓展，涵盖陆地、大气、脊椎动物及其他生物类群，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阵地。目前，该站支撑着一支历史悠久且规模持续快速扩张的科研团队，其成员及承担的科研项目来自美国及全球各科研机构，涵盖独立研究与跨机构合作两类形式。随着依托该站开展的科研工作、科研人员数量及设施规模不断发展——从最初的帐篷营地逐步升级为专业科研站——图利克地理信息系统（Geographical Information Systems，简称GIS）与遥感（Remote Sensing，简称RS）项目应运而生。该项目是2001年美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation，简称NSF）与阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校北极生物研究所签署的五年合作协议的组成部分，对应NSF资助编号为9981914。该项目的使命是推动并优化北极研究工作，提升科研与管理的效率、成效及能力。其实现路径分为两点：1）通过信息技术（Information Technology，简称IT）与GIS-RS技术支撑行政与管理基础设施建设，开发土地管理及许可审批所需的规划工具；2）为科研人员提供直接咨询服务，以及GIS、遥感与全球定位系统（Global Positioning System，简称GPS）技术支持。图利克GIS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、咨询及文档编制服务。