Towards Circumpolar Mapping of Arctic Settlements and Infrastructure Based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Annett Bartsch, Georg Pointner, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Wenjun Lu
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: arctic; settlements; infrastructure; SAR; multi-spectral; machine learning; Arctic; Svalbard; Greenland; The Sentinel; Climate change; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12152368

Infrastructure expands rapidly in the Arctic due to industrial development. At the same time, climate change impacts are pronounced in the Arctic. Ground temperatures are, for example, increasing as well as coastal erosion. A consistent account of the current human footprint is needed in order to ev...