Lake dynamics in the tundra of Western Greenland from 1969-2017

• Main Author: Rebecca Finger Higgens
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: lake drying; evaporation; historical weather data; Kangerlussuaq, Greenland; Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Arctic Lake; Tundra
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:d815961c-6382-4ec6-b927-bb3f5e7e5e85

We analyzed changes in small lake count (<10,000 m2), large lake count (>10,000 m2), and lake surface area across the periglacial tundra of western Greenland, using historical satellite and aerial imagery and weather data from the late 1960s- present. Overall, we found a decrease in lake count...