Long-Term High-Resolution Sediment and Sea Surface Temperature Spatial Patterns in Arctic Nearshore Waters Retrieved Using 30-Year Landsat Archive Imagery

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Konstantin P. Klein, Hugues Lantuit, Birgit Heim, Frank Fell, David Doxaran, Anna M. Irrgang
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: ocean color remote sensing; suspended particulate matter; turbidity; nearshore zone; Herschel Island Qikiqtaruk; river plume; coastal erosion; Landsat; Arctic; Mackenzie River; Herschel Island; Climate change; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232791

The Arctic is directly impacted by climate change. The increase in air temperature drives the thawing of permafrost and an increase in coastal erosion and river discharge. This leads to a greater input of sediment and organic matter into coastal waters, which substantially impacts the ecosystems, th...