Monitoring and classification of high Arctic lakes in the Svalbard Islands using remote sensing

• Published in: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
• Main Author: Jacek Andrzej Urbański
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Svalbard; Arctic lakes; Lakes classification; Satellite monitoring; Forel-Ulle index; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Edgeøya; Barentsøya; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102911; https://doaj.org/article/5838c7e3ea664346862c0cd67c4b7196

Arctic lakes are an essential element of the environment. This study inventoried and classified lakes on three of the Svalbard Islands (Spitsbergen, Barentsøya, and Edgeøya) using Sentinel-2 images. The Forel-Ule color index (FUI) was employed to measure the lake's color, and a new equation to...