Lake dynamics in the tundra of Western Greenland from 1969-2017

• Main Author: Finger Higgens, Rebecca
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: lake drying; evaporation; historical weather data; Kangerlussuaq, Greenland; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2251fk3b; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A2251FK3B

We analyzed changes in small lake count (<10,000 m2), large lake count (>10,000 m2), and lake surface area across the periglacial tundra of western Greenland, using historical satellite and aerial imagery and weather data from the late 1960s- present. Overall, we found a decrease in lake count...