Land Cover Change in the Lower Yenisei River Using Dense Stacking of Landsat Imagery in Google Earth Engine

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Kelsey E. Nyland, Grant E. Gunn, Nikolay I. Shiklomanov, Ryan N. Engstrom, Dmitry A. Streletskiy
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Landsat dense stacking; Google Earth Engine; climate change; land cover change; permafrost change; Siberia; Arctic; Yenisei River; Climate change; permafrost; taiga; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10081226

Climate warming is occurring at an unprecedented rate in the Arctic due to regional amplification, potentially accelerating land cover change. Measuring and monitoring land cover change utilizing optical remote sensing in the Arctic has been challenging due to persistent cloud and snow cover issues...