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Heat flux and energy balance data of an arctic thermokarst lake
The dataset comprises three tables: - Data Set 1: Half-hourly measurement dataset (quality controlled and filtered), derived variables and energy balance components... -
Rapid vegetation succession and coupled permafrost dynamics in arctic thaw po...
Thermokarst features, such as thaw ponds, are hotspots for methane emissions in warming lowland tundra. Presently we lack quantitative knowledge on the formation rates of... -
High-resolution maps of ice wedge polygon occurrence and geomorphology
We mapped the occurrence of more than one million ice wedge polygons over a landscape of approximately 1,200 square kilometers, just south of Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska,... -
Laboratory simulation of retrogressive thaw slumps
Over the last decades, the ice-rich permafrost (with ice wedges and massive ice) of Central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) was highly vulnerable and prone to extensive degradation... -
Thermo-erosion gullies inventory of Nordenskiöld Land (Svalbard Archipelago)
We present a comprehensive inventory of thermo-erosion gullies (gullies developed in the Arctic and sub-Arctic areas) in Nordenskiöld Land (Svalbard Archipelago). We used the... -
Land cover and polygonal pond classification of the Holocene Terrace on Samoy...
This dataset contains two sub-datasets: 1) A land cover classification for the Holocene terrace on Samoylov island. The land cover classification is based on a high-resolution... -
Aerial imagery datasets of permafrost landscapes in Alaska and northwestern C...
During three airborne campaigns conducted between 2018 and 2021 and led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, we collected super-high-resolution multispectral imagery of permafrost... -
Sediment and pore water investigations in thermokarst terrain near Utqiagvik,...
This dataset comprises sediment and pore water analyses from sediment cores taken in April 2022 close to Utqiagvik, Alaska. An undisturbed upland, one drained lake basin, two...
