Erosion rates of the Sobo-Sise yedoma permafrost cliff in the Lena River Delta derived from remote sensing imagery, with a link to shape files ...

• Main Authors: Nitze, Ingmar, Fuchs, Matthias, Strauss, Jens, Günther, Frank, Wetterich, Sebastian, Kizyakov, Alexander, Fritz, Michael, Opel, Thomas, Grigoriev, Mikhail N, Maksimov, Georgii T, Laboor, Sebastian, Grosse, Guido
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: cliff erosion; digital shoreline analysis system; erosion rates; Lena Delta; Permafrost; remote sensing; river delta; Time series; Multiple investigations; Carbon in Permafrost / Kohlenstoff im Permafrost KoPF; Changing Arctic Carbon cycle in the cOastal Ocean Near-shore CACOON; NUNATARYUK, Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation NUNATARYUK; Permafrost Research AWI_Perma; Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems @ AWI AWI_Envi; Rapid Permafrost Thaw in a Warming Arctic and Impacts on the Soil Organic Carbon Pool PETA-CARB; Arctic; Fuchs; Peta; Ice; lena delta; lena river; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.918505; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.918505

Permafrost thaw and ice wedge degradation lead to drastic landscape changes in the permafrost region. With this data set we investigated the cliff retreat of the Sobo-Sise Cliff (SSC), a high ice-bearing yedoma cliff in the Lena River Delta. The 1,660 m long cliff SSC extends from 72°32'34 N /...