Spatial Extent, Age, and Carbon Stocks in Drained Thaw Lake Basins on the Barrow Peninsula, Alaska

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-300

  Hinkel, Kenneth M ^a   Eisner, Wendy R ^a   Bockheim, James G ^b   Nelson, Frederick E ^c   Peterson, Kim M ^d   Dai, Xiaoyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAKE; LANDSAT; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; BARROW PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142136151     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0291:SEAACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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