Subpixel heterogeneity of ice-wedge polygonal tundra: A multi-scale analysis of land cover and evapotranspiration in the Lena River Delta, Siberia

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Muster, S ^a   Langer, M ^a   Heim, B ^a   Westermann, S ^b   Boike, J ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Latent heat fluxes; Patterned ground; Permafrost; Remote sensing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PATTERNED GROUND; PERMAFROST; PIXEL; PROBA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TUNDRA; WETLAND;

ARCTIC; LENA DELTA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 84862886607     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17301     Document Type: Article

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