Glaciers of the Koryak Highlands: assessment of the state using satellite images and field studies

• Main Authors: Ananicheva, Maria D., Aleinikov, Alexander A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu 2022
• Subjects: Koryak Highlands; glacier; satellite images; temperature precipitation trends; rock glacier; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; Koryak
• Online Access: https://apcz.umk.pl/BOGPGS/article/view/38590

The Koryak Highlands are a poorly explored area in terms of glaciation and its connection to climate. The purpose of this work is, using Sentinel-2 images (2019), to assess the state of glaciers at present against the background of climatic trends. Spatial patterns of trends of mean summer and annua...