Feasibility Study for the Application of Synthetic Aperture Radar for Coastal Erosion Rate Quantification Across the Arctic

• Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Annett Bartsch, Sarah Ley, Ingmar Nitze, Georg Pointner, Gonçalo Vieira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; erosion; SAR; radar; coast; permafrost; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Barents Sea; Laptev Sea; Kay; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; laptev
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00143; https://doaj.org/article/62082c8ecbd842428824536633a06578

The applicability of optical satellite data to quantify coastal erosion across the Arctic is limited due to frequent cloud cover. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) may provide an alternative. The interpretation of SAR data for coastal erosion monitoring in Arctic regions is, however, challenging due to...