Examining Environmental Gradients with satellite data in permafrost regions – the current state of the ESA DUE GlobPermafrost initiative

• Main Authors: Bartsch, Annett, Grosse, Guido, Kääb, Andreas, Westermann, Sebastian, Strozzi, Tazio, Wiesmann, Andreas, Duguay, Claude, Seifert, Frank Martin, Obu, Jaroslav, Nitze, Ingmar, Heim, Birgit, Haas, Antonie, Widhalm, Barbara
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Fast Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48581/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.3ede2c7d-3043-4ad0-baec-127f0edc8f3e

Permafrost cannot be directly detected from space, but many surface features of permafrost terrains and typical periglacial landforms are observable with a variety of EO sensors ranging from very high to medium resolution at various wavelengths. In addition, landscape dynamics associated with permaf...