Remote sensing of landscape change in permafrost regions

MT Jorgenson, G Grosse - Permafrost and periglacial …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Amplification of global warming in Arctic and boreal regions is causing significant changes
to permafrost‐affected landscapes. The nature and extent of the change is complicated by …

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 …

Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment

AG Lewkowicz, RG Way - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS)–landslides caused by the melt of ground ice in permafrost–
have become more common in the Arctic, but the timing of this recent increase and its links …

Higher temperature sensitivity of retrogressive thaw slump activity in the Arctic compared to the Third Pole

Y Liu, H Qiu, U Kamp, N Wang, J Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change exacerbates permafrost thawing, resulting exceptionally intense
retrogressive thaw slump (RTS) activity in the Arctic and Third Pole. However, comparative …

[HTML][HTML] Increased precipitation drives mega slump development and destabilization of ice-rich permafrost terrain, northwestern Canada

SV Kokelj, J Tunnicliffe, D Lacelle, TC Lantz… - Global and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
It is anticipated that an increase in rainfall will have significant impacts on the
geomorphology of permafrost landscapes. Field observations, remote sensing and historical …

Using deep learning to map retrogressive thaw slumps in the Beiluhe region (Tibetan Plateau) from CubeSat images

L Huang, J Luo, Z Lin, F Niu, L Liu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTSs) are among the most dynamic landforms in permafrost
areas, and their formation can be attributed to the thawing of ice-rich permafrost. The spatial …

Landsat-based trend analysis of lake dynamics across northern permafrost regions

I Nitze, G Grosse, BM Jones, CD Arp, M Ulrich… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Lakes are a ubiquitous landscape feature in northern permafrost regions. They have a
strong impact on carbon, energy and water fluxes and can be quite responsive to climate …

Permafrost terrain dynamics and infrastructure impacts revealed by UAV photogrammetry and thermal imaging

J Van der Sluijs, SV Kokelj, RH Fraser, J Tunnicliffe… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, sensors, and photogrammetric processing
techniques have enabled timely and highly detailed three-dimensional surface …

Temperature sensitivity of the mineral permafrost feedback at the continental scale

EV Walsh, RG Hilton, SE Tank, E Amos - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Oxidative weathering of sulfide minerals in sedimentary rocks releases carbon dioxide
(CO2) into the atmosphere. In permafrost zones, this could be a positive feedback on climate …

Acceleration of thaw slump activity in glaciated landscapes of the Western Canadian Arctic

RA Segal, TC Lantz, SV Kokelj - Environmental research letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of thermokarst, but the influences
of regional climate and physiography remain poorly understood. Retrogressive thaw …