Circumpolar ground-fast lake ice fraction by lake from ENVISAT ASAR late winter 2008, links to Shapfiles ...

• Main Authors: Bartsch, Annett, Pointner, Georg, Leibman, Marina O, Dvornikov, Yury, Khomutov, Artem V, Trofaier, Anna Maria
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: File name; File format; File size; Uniform resource locator/link to file; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.873674; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.873674

Shallow lakes are common across the entire Arctic. They play an important role as methane sources and wildlife habitats, and they are also associated with thermokarst processes which are characteristic of permafrost environments. Many lakes freeze to the ground along their rims and often over the en...