Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data

At high latitudes, lake and river ecosystems are predominant and these ecosystems are undergoing significant changes due to climate change. Although many scientists have studied lakes and rivers in the Arctic region, the inland water dynamics in this region at the continental scale remain unknown. I...

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Main Authors: Yijie Sui, Dongjie Fu, Xuefeng Wang, Fenzhen Su
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/w10070824
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e5bec9d493cc48a2826f1c8309ff1702 2023-05-15T14:46:35+02:00 Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data Yijie Sui Dongjie Fu Xuefeng Wang Fenzhen Su 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/w10070824 https://doaj.org/article/e5bec9d493cc48a2826f1c8309ff1702 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/7/824 https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441 2073-4441 doi:10.3390/w10070824 https://doaj.org/article/e5bec9d493cc48a2826f1c8309ff1702 Water, Vol 10, Iss 7, p 824 (2018) Arctic surface water dynamics Landsat climate change Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/w10070824 2022-12-31T07:01:22Z At high latitudes, lake and river ecosystems are predominant and these ecosystems are undergoing significant changes due to climate change. Although many scientists have studied lakes and rivers in the Arctic region, the inland water dynamics in this region at the continental scale remain unknown. In this study, the dynamics of the Arctic water were analyzed at the continental scale using Landsat ortho-rectified surface reflectance products of fine spatial and temporal resolutions for the period of 2000–2016, using the random forests method. The results of this study produced the following revelations: (i) the water area is decreasing year by year in the long term; (ii) the water loss and gain always show the same dynamic pattern spatially and temporally; (iii) the spatial distribution of the water budget is strongly linked to permafrost, which implies that permafrost determines the distribution pattern of the water dynamics more than climatic factors; and (iv) the dynamics of the water show a certain rule with surface temperature, but the pattern of the dynamics cannot be explained by temperature alone. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change permafrost Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Water 10 7 824
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surface water
dynamics
Landsat
climate change
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
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surface water
dynamics
Landsat
climate change
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
Yijie Sui
Dongjie Fu
Xuefeng Wang
Fenzhen Su
Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
topic_facet Arctic
surface water
dynamics
Landsat
climate change
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
description At high latitudes, lake and river ecosystems are predominant and these ecosystems are undergoing significant changes due to climate change. Although many scientists have studied lakes and rivers in the Arctic region, the inland water dynamics in this region at the continental scale remain unknown. In this study, the dynamics of the Arctic water were analyzed at the continental scale using Landsat ortho-rectified surface reflectance products of fine spatial and temporal resolutions for the period of 2000–2016, using the random forests method. The results of this study produced the following revelations: (i) the water area is decreasing year by year in the long term; (ii) the water loss and gain always show the same dynamic pattern spatially and temporally; (iii) the spatial distribution of the water budget is strongly linked to permafrost, which implies that permafrost determines the distribution pattern of the water dynamics more than climatic factors; and (iv) the dynamics of the water show a certain rule with surface temperature, but the pattern of the dynamics cannot be explained by temperature alone.
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author Yijie Sui
Dongjie Fu
Xuefeng Wang
Fenzhen Su
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Xuefeng Wang
Fenzhen Su
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title Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
title_short Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
title_full Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
title_fullStr Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
title_full_unstemmed Surface Water Dynamics in the North America Arctic Based on 2000–2016 Landsat Data
title_sort surface water dynamics in the north america arctic based on 2000–2016 landsat data
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publishDate 2018
url https://doi.org/10.3390/w10070824
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