Mapping Land Cover Changes Using Landsat TM: A Case Study of Yamal Ecosystems, Arctic Russia

• Main Authors: Polina Lemenkova, Bruce C. Forbes, Timo Kumpula
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Environment; mapping; GIS; remote sensing; satellite images; Landsat TM; image classification; image analysis; image processing; ILWIS GIS; permafrost; Russian North; Tundra; Yamal Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7434242.v1

This paper details changes in land cover types and vegetation distribution in tundra landscapes during the past two decades. The main method of the work is classification of the Landsat TM scenes for land cover change detection. The new approach of the current work is application of GIS and remote s...