Short-Term Variability in Alaska Ice-Marginal Lake Area: Implications for Long-Term Studies

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Anton M. Hengst, William Armstrong, Brianna Rick, Daniel McGrath
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: Landsat; Optical Remote Sensing; Google Earth Engine; land cover classification; glacier; cryosphere; Science; Q; Marginal Lake; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193955; https://doaj.org/article/b28a40b403504505b2f7962c2c86f7af

Lakes in direct contact with glaciers (ice-marginal lakes) are found across alpine and polar landscapes. Many studies characterize ice-marginal lake behavior over multi-decadal timescales using either episodic ~annual images or multi-year mosaics. However, ice-marginal lakes are dynamic features tha...