Long-Term High-Resolution Sediment and Sea Surface Temperature Spatial Patterns in Arctic Nearshore Waters Retrieved Using 30-Year Landsat Archive Imagery

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Klein, Konstantin, Lantuit, Hugues, Heim, Birgit, Fell, Frank, Doxaran, David, Irrgang, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel Island; Mackenzie River; Climate change; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/50692/; https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/23/2791; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.4f7dcf89-492e-4582-bdcb-bf0ecbff6bb3

The Arctic is directly impacted by climate change. The increase in air temperature drives the thawing of permafrost and an increase in coastal erosion and river discharge. This leads to a greater input of sediment and organic matter into coastal waters, which substantially impacts the ecosystems, th...