Satellite-derived changes in the permafrost landscape of central Yakutia, 2000-2011: wetting, drying, and fires, with links to maps and movie

• Main Authors: Boike, Julia, Grau, Thomas, Heim, Birgit, Günther, Frank, Langer, Moritz, Muster, Sina, Gouttevin, Isabelle, Lange, Stephan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Yakutsk; lena river; permafrost; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855124; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855124

The focus of this research has been on detecting changes in lake areas, vegetation, land surface temperatures, and the area covered by snow, using data from remote sensing. The study area covers the main (central) part of the Lena River catchment in the Yakutia region of Siberia (Russia), extending...