Seasonal dynamics of a permafrost landscape, Adventdalen, Svalbard, investigated by InSAR

• Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment
• Main Authors: Rouyet, Line, Lauknes, Tom Rune, Christiansen, Hanne H, Strand, Sarah Marie, Larsen, Yngvar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Adventdalen; Nordenskiöld Land; Svalbard; Arctic; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17337; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111236

Nordenskiöld Land in Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard is characterized as a high latitude, high relief periglacial landscape with permafrost occurring both in mountains and lowlands. Freezing and thawing of the active layer causes seasonal frost heave and thaw subsidence, while permafrost-related mass-...