PeRL: Permafrost Region Pond and Lake Database, links to ArcGIS shapefiles

• Main Authors: Muster, Sina, Roth, Kurt, Langer, Moritz, Lange, Stephan, Cresto-Aleina, Fabio, Bartsch, Annett, Morgenstern, Anne, Grosse, Guido, Jones, Benjamin M, Sannel, A Britta K, Sjöberg, Ylva, Günther, Frank, Andresen, Christian, Veremeeva, Alexandra, Lindgren, Prajna R, Bouchard, Frédéric, Lara, Mark J, Fortier, Daniel, Charbonneau, Simon, Virtanen, Tarmo A, Hugelius, Gustaf, Palmtag, Juri, Siewert, Matthias Benjamin, Riley, William J, Koven, Charles D, Boike, Julia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century; File format; File name; File size; PAGE21; pan-Arctic; Uniform resource locator/link to file; Canada; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868349; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868349

Ponds and lakes are abundant in Arctic permafrost lowlands. They play an important role in Arctic wetland ecosystems by regulating carbon, water, and energy fluxes and providing freshwater habitats. However, ponds, i.e., waterbodies with surface areas smaller than 1.0 × 10**4 m**2, have not been inv...