Temporal behavior of lake size-distribution in a thawing permafrost landscape in northwestern Siberia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 621-636

  Karlsson, Johanna Mård ^a   Lyon, Steve W ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catchment; Hydrology; Permafrost; Remote sensing; Siberia; Size distribution; Thermokarst lakes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS; THAWING;

HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SIBERIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY; THERMOKARST LAKES;

LAKES;

EID: 84893357266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010621     Document Type: Article

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