The Use of Satellite Images for Assessment of Environmental Vulnerability and Resilience of the Arctic Wetlands

• Main Author: Lemenkova Polina
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: satellite images; remote sensing; GIS; spatial analysis; mapping; geospatial analysis; environmental vulnerability; Arctic; land cover types; landscapes; modelling; raster image; Landsat TM; Climate change; nenets; permafrost; Tundra; Yamal Peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7210385

The research paper focuses on the environmental problem of Yamal region, geographically located in the Russian Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, northern-central Russia. This region is characterized by the unique nature and environmental conditions, combining two physical-geographical regions: sub-Arc...