Disappearing Arctic tundra ponds: Fine-scale analysis of surface hydrology in drained thaw lake basins over a 65 year period (1948-2013)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 466-479

  Andresen, Christian G ^a   Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic hydrology; drained thaw lake basins; object based classification; remote sensing; tundra ponds

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; PERMAFROST; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956764749     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002778     Document Type: Article

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