Assessment of Three Mapping Techniques to Delineate Lakes and Ponds in a Canadian High Arctic Wetland Complex

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Brown, Laura, Young, Kathy L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: High Arctic hydrology; High Arctic lakes; ponds and wetlands; LANDSAT; landscape mapping; RADARSAT; remote sensing; hydrologie de l’Extrême-Arctique; lacs; étangs et terres humides de l’Extrême-Arctique; mappage du terrain; télédétection; Arctic; Nunavut; Somerset Island; Arctique*; Creswell Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63376

Recent evidence points to warmer and wetter conditions for Arctic regions. It is not clear how High Arctic environments, in particular extensive wetlands, will respond to these rapid changes. Sustainability studies of wetland complexes will require accurate mapping of water bodies (lakes, ponds, str...