Application of an active layer monitoring scheme based on the MODIS-LST product at a polygonal tundra site in Siberia.

• Main Authors: Langer, Moritz, Westermann, Sebastian, Boike, Julia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Tower The; Active layer monitoring; Climate change; lena river; permafrost; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/21222/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.33522

A significant warming of the arctic has been reported, which is expected to continue within different scenarios of climate change. Permafrost is directly affected by this warming trend which emphasises the importance of a global permafrost monitoring scheme. Such monitoring projects can be realised...