Estimating 1992-2000 average active layer thickness on the Alaskan North Slope from remotely sensed surface subsidence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Lin ^a   Schaefer, Kevin ^b   Zhang, Tingjun ^b,c   Wahr, John ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ALGORITHM; DEGRADATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862936179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002041     Document Type: Article

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