Geomorphological and Climatic Drivers of Thermokarst Lake Area Increase Trend (1999–2018) in the Kolyma Lowland Yedoma Region, North-Eastern Siberia

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Alexandra Veremeeva, Ingmar Nitze, Frank Günther, Guido Grosse, Elizaveta Rivkina
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: thermokarst lakes; thermokarst; Yedoma Ice Complex; ice-rich permafrost; periglacial geomorphology; lake dynamics; lake drainage; Kolyma Lowland; Siberia; Landsat-based trend analysis; Arctic; Kolyma; Scale Lake; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020178

Thermokarst lakes are widespread in Arctic lowlands. Under a warming climate, landscapes with highly ice-rich Yedoma Ice Complex (IC) deposits are particularly vulnerable, and thermokarst lake area dynamics serve as an indicator for their response to climate change. We conducted lake change trend an...