Mean TerraSAR-X backscatter and in-situ measurements of near surface soil moisture and temperature including vegetation survey in August 2015 on central Yamal (Vaskiny Dachi CALM site)

• Main Authors: Widhalm, Barbara, Bartsch, Annett, Leibman, Marina O, Khomutov, Artem V
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Active layer thickness; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.874619; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874619

The active layer above the permafrost, which seasonally thaws during summer, is an important parameter for monitoring the state of permafrost. Its thickness is typically measured locally, but a range of methods which utilize information from satellite data exist. Mostly, the normalized difference ve...