Investigating Changes in Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Richardson Mountains (Northwest Territories, Canada) based on Tasseled Cap Trend Analysis of Landsat Image Stacks

• Main Author: Brooker, Alexander
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2014
• Subjects: Permafrost; Landsat; Remote Sensing; Retrogressive thaw slumps; Tasseled Cap; Richardson Mountains; Peel Plateau; Canada; Northwest Territories; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3581; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/30679

This thesis applies a novel method of change detection, the Landsat Image Stack Trend Analysis method to the monitoring of retrogressive thaw slumps in the Richardson Mountains, NWT. This method represents a significant improvement upon previous methods of thaw slump monitoring, which utilized air p...