Climate trends in the Arctic as observed from space

JC Comiso, DK Hall - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is a region in transformation. Warming in the region has been amplified, as
expected from ice‐albedo feedback effects, with the rate of warming observed to be∼ …

Thaw-induced impacts on land and water in discontinuous permafrost: A review of the Taiga Plains and Taiga Shield, northwestern Canada

SN Wright, LM Thompson, D Olefeldt, RF Connon… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising air temperatures, intensifying wildfire activity, and human disturbance are driving
rapid permafrost thaw across the subarctic, particularly for thaw-sensitive discontinuous …

A new map of permafrost distribution on the Tibetan Plateau

D Zou, L Zhao, Y Sheng, J Chen, G Hu, T Wu… - The …, 2017 - tc.copernicus.org
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has the largest areas of permafrost terrain in the mid-and low-
latitude regions of the world. Some permafrost distribution maps have been compiled but …

[HTML][HTML] Large sinuous rivers are slowing down in a warming Arctic

A Ielpi, MGA Lapôtre, A Finotello… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Arctic regions are disproportionately affected by atmospheric warming, with cascading
effects on multiple surface processes. Atmospheric warming is destabilizing permafrost …

The environment and permafrost of the Mackenzie Delta area

CR Burn, SV Kokelj - Permafrost and periglacial processes, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mackenzie Delta, prograding northwestwards into the Beaufort Sea, is North
America's largest arctic delta. This Holocene feature is bounded by rolling uplands to the …

Distribution of near-surface permafrost in Alaska: Estimates of present and future conditions

NJ Pastick, MT Jorgenson, BK Wylie, SJ Nield… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
High-latitude regions are experiencing rapid and extensive changes in ecosystem
composition and function as the result of increases in average air temperature. Increasing …

Widespread permafrost vulnerability and soil active layer increases over the high northern latitudes inferred from satellite remote sensing and process model …

H Park, Y Kim, JS Kimball - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Permafrost extent (PE) and active layer thickness (ALT) are important for assessing high
northern latitude (HNL) ecological and hydrological processes, and potential land …

Trends in satellite Earth observation for permafrost related analyses—A review

M Philipp, A Dietz, S Buchelt, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and associated Arctic amplification cause a degradation of permafrost
which in turn has major implications for the environment. The potential turnover of frozen …

A decision-tree classification for low-lying complex land cover types within the zone of discontinuous permafrost

L Chasmer, C Hopkinson, T Veness, W Quinton… - Remote Sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study presents a decision-tree (DT) approach to classifying heterogeneous land cover
types within a northern watershed located in the zone of discontinuous permafrost using …

Effects of local factors and climate on permafrost conditions and distribution in Beiluhe basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

G Yin, F Niu, Z Lin, J Luo, M Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Beiluhe basin is underlain by warm and ice-rich permafrost, and covered by vegetation and
soils characteristic of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A field monitoring network was established …