Detection of permanent open water surfaces in central Siberia with ENVISAT ASAR wide swath data with special emphasis on the estimation of methane fluxes from tundra wetlands

• Main Authors: Bartsch, Annett, Pathe, Carsten, Wagner, Wolfgang, Scipal, Klaus
• Other Authors: #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# 2021
• Subjects: Remote sensing; ScanSAR; Siberia; Taymir; Tundra; Wetland; Arctic; Asar; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/18201; https://doi.org/10.34726/1262; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/41949095468

Permanent water bodies not only store dissolved CO2 but are essential for the maintenance of wetlands in their proximity. From the viewpoint of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting wetland functions comprise sequestration of carbon under anaerobic conditions and methane release. The investigated area in...