Remote sensing and GIS analysis of the spatial and morphological changes of thermokarst lakes: Kolyma lowlands, northeast Siberia

• Main Author: Tillapaugh, Meghan L.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: thermokarst; research; Russia; Siberia; permafrost; lakes; Arctic; Fairbanks; Kolyma; New Lake; Yar; albedo; Climate change; Ice; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11376

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2011 Thermokarst lakes develop when changes in the permafrost thermal regime cause degradation leading to surface subsidence and ponding. The degree of thermokarst development depends upon permafrost characteristics, topography, and geology. Changing the...