Data for paper 'GIS analysis of lake and basin orientation, Yana–Indigirka Lowland, northeast Siberia' (2024) ...

• Main Authors: Barlow, John, Murton, Julian, Veremeeva, Alexandra, McSorley-Morgan, Freya
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Sussex 2024
• Subjects: Indigirka; Ice; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25377/sussex.24081669.v1; https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_for_paper_GIS_analysis_of_lake_and_basin_orientation_Yana_Indigirka_Lowland_northeast_Siberia_2024_/24081669/1

Dataset for paper published in Geomorphology, Volume 452 (1 May 2024)Zip file containing shape files for mapping of lakes in the Yana–Indigirka Lowland.AbstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate the environmental factors that influence the orientation of lakes and basins in continuous permafrost of the Yana–Indigirka Lowland, NE Siberia. In this area, 24,782 lakes each with an area of >10,000 m2 were digitized from Google Earth satellite imagery, and four categories of lakes and drained lake basins were identified in two sub-study areas from Sentinel 2 imagery. Regionally, the lakes show a single modal orientation east–west to ESE–WNW, which is broadly parallel to the prevailing wind from 80 to 90° recorded at the nearest meteorological stations during June–October, when the lakes are likely to have been partially or completely ice-free and therefore exposed to wave-induced currents. Regression analysis suggests that lake orientation tends to be strongest in flatter terrain (<1°) that is not ...