The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD)
Methane emissions from boreal and arctic wetlands, lakes, and rivers are expected to increase in response to warming and associated permafrost thaw. However, the lack of appropriate land cover datasets for scaling field-measured methane emissions to circumpolar scales has contributed to a large unce...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:52b5da0f52cb481395efcc6ac1b6641a 2023-05-15T14:56:43+02:00 The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD) D. Olefeldt M. Hovemyr M. A. Kuhn D. Bastviken T. J. Bohn J. Connolly P. Crill E. S. Euskirchen S. A. Finkelstein H. Genet G. Grosse L. I. Harris L. Heffernan M. Helbig G. Hugelius R. Hutchins S. Juutinen M. J. Lara A. Malhotra K. Manies A. D. McGuire S. M. Natali J. A. O'Donnell F.-J. W. Parmentier A. Räsänen C. Schädel O. Sonnentag M. Strack S. E. Tank C. Treat R. K. Varner T. Virtanen R. K. Warren J. D. Watts 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021 https://doaj.org/article/52b5da0f52cb481395efcc6ac1b6641a EN eng Copernicus Publications https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/5127/2021/essd-13-5127-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3508 https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021 1866-3508 1866-3516 https://doaj.org/article/52b5da0f52cb481395efcc6ac1b6641a Earth System Science Data, Vol 13, Pp 5127-5149 (2021) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5127-2021 2022-12-31T08:07:25Z Methane emissions from boreal and arctic wetlands, lakes, and rivers are expected to increase in response to warming and associated permafrost thaw. However, the lack of appropriate land cover datasets for scaling field-measured methane emissions to circumpolar scales has contributed to a large uncertainty for our understanding of present-day and future methane emissions. Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of climate, topography, soils, permafrost conditions, vegetation, wetlands, and surface water extents and dynamics. In BAWLD, we estimate the fractional coverage of five wetland, seven lake, and three river classes within 0.5 × 0.5 ∘ grid cells that cover the northern boreal and tundra biomes (17 % of the global land surface). Land cover classes were defined using criteria that ensured distinct methane emissions among classes, as indicated by a co-developed comprehensive dataset of methane flux observations. In BAWLD, wetlands occupied 3.2 × 10 6 km 2 (14 % of domain) with a 95 % confidence interval between 2.8 and 3.8 × 10 6 km 2 . Bog, fen, and permafrost bog were the most abundant wetland classes, covering ∼ 28 % each of the total wetland area, while the highest-methane-emitting marsh and tundra wetland classes occupied 5 % and 12 %, respectively. Lakes, defined to include all lentic open-water ecosystems regardless of size, covered 1.4 × 10 6 km 2 (6 % of domain). Low-methane-emitting large lakes ( >10 km 2 ) and glacial lakes jointly represented 78 % of the total lake area, while high-emitting peatland and yedoma lakes covered 18 % and 4 %, respectively. Small ( <0.1 km 2 ) glacial, peatland, and yedoma lakes combined covered 17 % of the total lake area but contributed disproportionally to the overall spatial uncertainty in lake area with a 95 % confidence interval between 0.15 and 0.38 × 10 6 km 2 . Rivers and streams were estimated to cover ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Earth System Science Data 13 11 5127 5149 |
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Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 D. Olefeldt M. Hovemyr M. A. Kuhn D. Bastviken T. J. Bohn J. Connolly P. Crill E. S. Euskirchen S. A. Finkelstein H. Genet G. Grosse L. I. Harris L. Heffernan M. Helbig G. Hugelius R. Hutchins S. Juutinen M. J. Lara A. Malhotra K. Manies A. D. McGuire S. M. Natali J. A. O'Donnell F.-J. W. Parmentier A. Räsänen C. Schädel O. Sonnentag M. Strack S. E. Tank C. Treat R. K. Varner T. Virtanen R. K. Warren J. D. Watts The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD) |
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Methane emissions from boreal and arctic wetlands, lakes, and rivers are expected to increase in response to warming and associated permafrost thaw. However, the lack of appropriate land cover datasets for scaling field-measured methane emissions to circumpolar scales has contributed to a large uncertainty for our understanding of present-day and future methane emissions. Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of climate, topography, soils, permafrost conditions, vegetation, wetlands, and surface water extents and dynamics. In BAWLD, we estimate the fractional coverage of five wetland, seven lake, and three river classes within 0.5 × 0.5 ∘ grid cells that cover the northern boreal and tundra biomes (17 % of the global land surface). Land cover classes were defined using criteria that ensured distinct methane emissions among classes, as indicated by a co-developed comprehensive dataset of methane flux observations. In BAWLD, wetlands occupied 3.2 × 10 6 km 2 (14 % of domain) with a 95 % confidence interval between 2.8 and 3.8 × 10 6 km 2 . Bog, fen, and permafrost bog were the most abundant wetland classes, covering ∼ 28 % each of the total wetland area, while the highest-methane-emitting marsh and tundra wetland classes occupied 5 % and 12 %, respectively. Lakes, defined to include all lentic open-water ecosystems regardless of size, covered 1.4 × 10 6 km 2 (6 % of domain). Low-methane-emitting large lakes ( >10 km 2 ) and glacial lakes jointly represented 78 % of the total lake area, while high-emitting peatland and yedoma lakes covered 18 % and 4 %, respectively. Small ( <0.1 km 2 ) glacial, peatland, and yedoma lakes combined covered 17 % of the total lake area but contributed disproportionally to the overall spatial uncertainty in lake area with a 95 % confidence interval between 0.15 and 0.38 × 10 6 km 2 . Rivers and streams were estimated to cover ... |
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D. Olefeldt M. Hovemyr M. A. Kuhn D. Bastviken T. J. Bohn J. Connolly P. Crill E. S. Euskirchen S. A. Finkelstein H. Genet G. Grosse L. I. Harris L. Heffernan M. Helbig G. Hugelius R. Hutchins S. Juutinen M. J. Lara A. Malhotra K. Manies A. D. McGuire S. M. Natali J. A. O'Donnell F.-J. W. Parmentier A. Räsänen C. Schädel O. Sonnentag M. Strack S. E. Tank C. Treat R. K. Varner T. Virtanen R. K. Warren J. D. Watts |
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D. Olefeldt M. Hovemyr M. A. Kuhn D. Bastviken T. J. Bohn J. Connolly P. Crill E. S. Euskirchen S. A. Finkelstein H. Genet G. Grosse L. I. Harris L. Heffernan M. Helbig G. Hugelius R. Hutchins S. Juutinen M. J. Lara A. Malhotra K. Manies A. D. McGuire S. M. Natali J. A. O'Donnell F.-J. W. Parmentier A. Räsänen C. Schädel O. Sonnentag M. Strack S. E. Tank C. Treat R. K. Varner T. Virtanen R. K. Warren J. D. Watts |
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