Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska
Lake formation and drainage are pervasive phenomena in permafrost regions. Drained lake basins (DLBs) are often the most common landforms in lowland permafrost regions in the Arctic (50% to 75% of the landscape). However, detailed assessments of DLB distribution and abundance are limited. In this st...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:54330 2024-03-24T08:59:46+00:00 Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska Bergstedt, Helena Jones, Benjamin M Hinkel, Kenneth Farquharson, Louise Gaglioti, Benjamin V Parsekian, Andrew D Kanevskiy, Mikhail Ohara, Noriaki Breen, Amy L Rangel, Rodrigo C Grosse, Guido Nitze, Ingmar 2021-06-29 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54330/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54330/1/Bergstedt_et_al_2021_RS.pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132539 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19311f2e-4925-4410-958c-44ebb77cde6f unknown Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54330/1/Bergstedt_et_al_2021_RS.pdf Bergstedt, H. , Jones, B. M. , Hinkel, K. , Farquharson, L. , Gaglioti, B. V. , Parsekian, A. D. , Kanevskiy, M. , Ohara, N. , Breen, A. L. , Rangel, R. C. , Grosse, G. orcid:0000-0001-5895-2141 and Nitze, I. orcid:0000-0002-1165-6852 (2021) Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska , Remote Sensing, 13 (13), p. 2539 . doi:10.3390/rs13132539 <https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132539> , hdl:10013/epic.19311f2e-4925-4410-958c-44ebb77cde6f EPIC3Remote Sensing, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 13(13), pp. 2539-2539, ISSN: 2072-4292 Article isiRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132539 2024-02-27T09:55:26Z Lake formation and drainage are pervasive phenomena in permafrost regions. Drained lake basins (DLBs) are often the most common landforms in lowland permafrost regions in the Arctic (50% to 75% of the landscape). However, detailed assessments of DLB distribution and abundance are limited. In this study, we present a novel and scalable remote sensing-based approach to identifying DLBs in lowland permafrost regions, using the North Slope of Alaska as a case study. We validated this first North Slope-wide DLB data product against several previously published sub-regional scale datasets and manually classified points. The study area covered >71,000 km2, including a >39,000 km2 area not previously covered in existing DLB datasets. Our approach used Landsat-8 multispectral imagery and ArcticDEM data to derive a pixel-by-pixel statistical assessment of likelihood of DLB occurrence in sub-regions with different permafrost and periglacial landscape conditions, as well as to quantify aerial coverage of DLBs on the North Slope of Alaska. The results were consistent with previously published regional DLB datasets (up to 87% agreement) and showed high agreement with manually classified random points (64.4–95.5% for DLB and 83.2–95.4% for non-DLB areas). Validation of the remote sensing-based statistical approach on the North Slope of Alaska indicated that it may be possible to extend this methodology to conduct a comprehensive assessment of DLBs in pan-Arctic lowland permafrost regions. Better resolution of the spatial distribution of DLBs in lowland permafrost regions is important for quantitative studies on landscape diversity, wildlife habitat, permafrost, hydrology, geotechnical conditions, and high-latitude carbon cycling. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic north slope permafrost Alaska Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Remote Sensing 13 13 2539 |
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Lake formation and drainage are pervasive phenomena in permafrost regions. Drained lake basins (DLBs) are often the most common landforms in lowland permafrost regions in the Arctic (50% to 75% of the landscape). However, detailed assessments of DLB distribution and abundance are limited. In this study, we present a novel and scalable remote sensing-based approach to identifying DLBs in lowland permafrost regions, using the North Slope of Alaska as a case study. We validated this first North Slope-wide DLB data product against several previously published sub-regional scale datasets and manually classified points. The study area covered >71,000 km2, including a >39,000 km2 area not previously covered in existing DLB datasets. Our approach used Landsat-8 multispectral imagery and ArcticDEM data to derive a pixel-by-pixel statistical assessment of likelihood of DLB occurrence in sub-regions with different permafrost and periglacial landscape conditions, as well as to quantify aerial coverage of DLBs on the North Slope of Alaska. The results were consistent with previously published regional DLB datasets (up to 87% agreement) and showed high agreement with manually classified random points (64.4–95.5% for DLB and 83.2–95.4% for non-DLB areas). Validation of the remote sensing-based statistical approach on the North Slope of Alaska indicated that it may be possible to extend this methodology to conduct a comprehensive assessment of DLBs in pan-Arctic lowland permafrost regions. Better resolution of the spatial distribution of DLBs in lowland permafrost regions is important for quantitative studies on landscape diversity, wildlife habitat, permafrost, hydrology, geotechnical conditions, and high-latitude carbon cycling. |
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Bergstedt, Helena Jones, Benjamin M Hinkel, Kenneth Farquharson, Louise Gaglioti, Benjamin V Parsekian, Andrew D Kanevskiy, Mikhail Ohara, Noriaki Breen, Amy L Rangel, Rodrigo C Grosse, Guido Nitze, Ingmar |
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Bergstedt, Helena Jones, Benjamin M Hinkel, Kenneth Farquharson, Louise Gaglioti, Benjamin V Parsekian, Andrew D Kanevskiy, Mikhail Ohara, Noriaki Breen, Amy L Rangel, Rodrigo C Grosse, Guido Nitze, Ingmar Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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Bergstedt, Helena Jones, Benjamin M Hinkel, Kenneth Farquharson, Louise Gaglioti, Benjamin V Parsekian, Andrew D Kanevskiy, Mikhail Ohara, Noriaki Breen, Amy L Rangel, Rodrigo C Grosse, Guido Nitze, Ingmar |
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Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska |
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remote sensing-based statistical approach for defining drained lake basins in a continuous permafrost region, north slope of alaska |
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EPIC3Remote Sensing, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 13(13), pp. 2539-2539, ISSN: 2072-4292 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54330/1/Bergstedt_et_al_2021_RS.pdf Bergstedt, H. , Jones, B. M. , Hinkel, K. , Farquharson, L. , Gaglioti, B. V. , Parsekian, A. D. , Kanevskiy, M. , Ohara, N. , Breen, A. L. , Rangel, R. C. , Grosse, G. orcid:0000-0001-5895-2141 and Nitze, I. orcid:0000-0002-1165-6852 (2021) Remote Sensing-Based Statistical Approach for Defining Drained Lake Basins in a Continuous Permafrost Region, North Slope of Alaska , Remote Sensing, 13 (13), p. 2539 . doi:10.3390/rs13132539 <https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132539> , hdl:10013/epic.19311f2e-4925-4410-958c-44ebb77cde6f |
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