Spatial predictions of pingo, ice-wedge polygon and rock glacier occurrence across the circumpolar permafrost region for recent and future periods

This dataset contains spatial predictions of the potential environmental spaces for pingos, ice-wedge polygons and rock glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost areas. The potential environmental spaces, i.e. conditions where climate, topography and soil properties are suitable for landfor...

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Main Authors: Karjalainen, Olli, Luoto, Miska, Aalto, Juha, Etzelmüller, Bernd, Grosse, Guido, Jones, Benjamin M, Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen, Hjort, Jan
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2020
Subjects:
circumpolar
Climate change
distribution
ice wedge polygon
periglacial processes
Permafrost
Pingo
rock glacier
statistical modelling
Ice
permafrost
wedge*
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922771
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922771
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Summary:This dataset contains spatial predictions of the potential environmental spaces for pingos, ice-wedge polygons and rock glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost areas. The potential environmental spaces, i.e. conditions where climate, topography and soil properties are suitable for landform presence, were predicted with statistical ensemble modelling employing geospatial data on environmental conditions at 30 arc-second resolution (~1 km). In addition to the baseline period (1950-2000), the predictions are provided for 2041-2060 and 2061-2080 using climate-forcing scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5). The resulting dataset consists of five spatial predictions for each landform in GeoTIFF format. The data provide new information on 1) the fine-scale spatial distribution of permafrost landforms in the Northern Hemisphere, 2) the potential future alterations in the environmental suitability for permafrost landforms due to climate change, and 3) the circumpolar distribution of various ground ice types, and can 4) facilitate efforts to inventory permafrost landforms in incompletely mapped areas.

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