Dynamics of a Coupled System: Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing in Assessing Social-Ecological Responses during 25 Years of Gas Field Development in Arctic Russia

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Florian Stammler, Nina Meschtyb, Timo Kumpula, Bruce C. Forbes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2012
• Subjects: Yamal Nenets; West Siberia; anthropogenic disturbance; land change; nomadism; Landsat; SPOT; ASTER; Quickbird-2; GeoEye; Science; Q; Arctic; Bovanenkovo; Yamal Peninsula; nenets; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4041046; https://doaj.org/article/f0d29f283a614dbcb06b6150501bd5bf

Hydrocarbon exploration has been underway in the north of West Siberia for several decades. Giant gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula are expected to begin feeding the Nord Stream pipeline to Western Europe in late 2012. Employing a variety of high- to very high-resolution satellite-based sensors, we...