http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery Video Set for: Alaska http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Alaska Roundtable]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/560 Aviation safety, energy development, resource assessments, flood plain management, and a long list of other Federal and State government activities depend on access to accurate, up-to-date topographic maps and data. Remarkably, modern mapping information does not exist over the majority of land in Alaska, where significant resource, safety and national security interests intersect.

To address this issue, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the State of Alaska co-hosted the Alaska Mapping Roundtable meeting of senior Federal and State executives to raise awareness of status and plans and to explore alternatives for a joint funding strategy for completing topographic mapping in Alaska. The Roundtable was held in Washington, DC on June 28, 2012 and more than 20 Federal departments and bureaus participated because of their mission critical needs for this information. Alaska participants included representatives from the Governor's Office, Department of Transportation, Department of Natural Resources, the University, and the Congressional delegation.

This features an address to the Alaska Roundtable participants by David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Mr. Hayes outlines the urgency and needs for completing topographic mapping in the State of Alaska.

]]> <![CDATA[WRF Model Output: Total Precipitation Simulation]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/302 Total precipitation simulation for Arctic Alaska

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]]> <![CDATA[Drew Point, AK Time-Lapse Photography of Coastal Erosion]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/304 4-week time-lapse photography of the Arctic coast at Drew Point, AK shows intense coastal erosion in early July, 2008

]]> <![CDATA[Drew Point, AK Time-Lapse Photography of Coastal Erosion]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/305 4-week time-lapse photography of the Arctic coast at Drew Point, AK shows mass wasting of the coastal sediments in July, 2008

]]> <![CDATA[Lake 31, NPR-A, AK Time-Lapse Photography of Lake Shore Erosion]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/306 4-week time-lapse photography of the shoreline of Lake 31 in NPR-A, coastal Arctic Alaska, demonstrates erosion mechanisms during July, 2008

]]> <![CDATA[WRF Model Output: Cloud-top Temperature Simulation]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/300 Cloud-top temperature simulation for Arctic Alaska

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