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:f6b5537f-d9dd-4c3a-961d-f07f701f9a9a

We analyzed changes in small lake count (<10,000 m 2 ), large lake count (>10,000 m 2 ), 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 c...