Alaskan Permafrost Groundwater Storage Changes Derived from GRACE and Ground Measurements
The Arctic is in transition from climate-driven thawing of permafrost. We investigate satellite-derived water equivalent mass changes, snow water equivalent with in situ measurements of runoff and ground-survey derived geoid models from 1999 through 2009. The Alaskan Arctic coastal plain groundwater...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2072-4292/3/2/378/ 2023-08-20T04:03:53+02:00 Alaskan Permafrost Groundwater Storage Changes Derived from GRACE and Ground Measurements Reginald R. Muskett Vladimir E. Romanovsky agris 2011-02-22 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs3020378 EN eng Molecular Diversity Preservation International https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs3020378 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Remote Sensing; Volume 3; Issue 2; Pages: 378-397 permafrost Talik climate change groundwater changes Alaska GRACE Text 2011 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs3020378 2023-07-31T20:26:05Z The Arctic is in transition from climate-driven thawing of permafrost. We investigate satellite-derived water equivalent mass changes, snow water equivalent with in situ measurements of runoff and ground-survey derived geoid models from 1999 through 2009. The Alaskan Arctic coastal plain groundwater storage (including wetland bog, thaw pond and lake) is increasing by 1.15 ± 0.65 km3/a (area-average 1.10 ± 0.62 cm/a), and Yukon River watershed groundwater storage is decreasing by 7.44 ± 3.76 km3/a (area‑average 0.79 ± 0.40 cm/a). Geoid changes show increases within the Arctic coastal region and decreases within the Yukon River watershed. We hypothesize these changes are linked to the development of new predominately closed- and possibly open-talik in the continuous permafrost zone under large thaw lakes with increases of lakes and new predominately open-talik and reduction of permafrost extent in the discontinuous and sporadic zones with decreases of thaw lakes. Text Arctic Climate change permafrost Yukon river Alaska Yukon MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic Talik ENVELOPE(146.601,146.601,59.667,59.667) Yukon Remote Sensing 3 2 378 397 |
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The Arctic is in transition from climate-driven thawing of permafrost. We investigate satellite-derived water equivalent mass changes, snow water equivalent with in situ measurements of runoff and ground-survey derived geoid models from 1999 through 2009. The Alaskan Arctic coastal plain groundwater storage (including wetland bog, thaw pond and lake) is increasing by 1.15 ± 0.65 km3/a (area-average 1.10 ± 0.62 cm/a), and Yukon River watershed groundwater storage is decreasing by 7.44 ± 3.76 km3/a (area‑average 0.79 ± 0.40 cm/a). Geoid changes show increases within the Arctic coastal region and decreases within the Yukon River watershed. We hypothesize these changes are linked to the development of new predominately closed- and possibly open-talik in the continuous permafrost zone under large thaw lakes with increases of lakes and new predominately open-talik and reduction of permafrost extent in the discontinuous and sporadic zones with decreases of thaw lakes. |
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Alaskan Permafrost Groundwater Storage Changes Derived from GRACE and Ground Measurements |
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