Temporal Deep Learning Approach to Bedfast and Floating Thermokarst Lake Ice Mapping using SAR imagery: Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada

• Main Author: Shaposhnikova, Maria
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2021
• Subjects: remote sensing; lake ice; SAR; deep learning; temporal convolutional neural network; bedfast ice; floating ice; Old Crow Flats; microwave remote sensing; TempCNN; thermokarst; permafrost; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Monitor Lake; Climate change; Ice; Old Crow; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/17414

Lake ice is a fundamental part of the freshwater processes in cold regions and a sensitive indicator of climate change. As such, in light of the recent climate warming, monitoring of lake ice in arctic and sub-arctic regions is becoming increasingly important. Many shallow arctic lakes and ponds of...