The Potential of UAV Imagery for the Detection of Rapid Permafrost Degradation: Assessing the Impacts on Critical Arctic Infrastructure

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Soraya Kaiser, Julia Boike, Guido Grosse, Moritz Langer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: permafrost degradation; consumer-grade unoccupied aerial vehicle; North Slope Alaska; land surface displacement; point cloud alignment; structure from motion; Science; Q; Arctic; Vertical Point; Ice; north slope; permafrost; wedge*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236107; https://doaj.org/article/871390d7076b4ce2916462b91c38b6cc

Ground subsidence and erosion processes caused by permafrost thaw pose a high risk to infrastructure in the Arctic. Climate warming is increasingly accelerating the thawing of permafrost, emphasizing the need for thorough monitoring to detect damages and hazards at an early stage. The use of unoccup...