Bathymetric data from NE14 Lake, Toolik Field Station, Alaska (2009)

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的布鲁克斯山脉山麓地带，由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校（University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF）的北极生物研究所（Institute of Arctic Biology）管理。该站于1975年首次设立，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基地。目前，该站支撑着一个长期存在且持续快速扩张的科研群体，以及来自美国及全球各科研机构的独立与合作研究项目。基于图利克站的科研活动、科研人员规模以及设施条件从帐篷营地发展为正规研究站的需求，推动了图利克地理信息系统（Geographical Information Systems, GIS）与遥感（Remote Sensing, RS）项目的设立。该项目是2001年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签署的5年合作协议的一部分（NSF资助编号：9981914）。该项目的使命是推动并强化北极研究，提升科研与管理的效率、效能与能力。其实现路径包括两方面：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，并制作土地管理与许可审批所需的规划工具；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、咨询与文档编制服务。