References

Active layer thickness:

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Ground ice:

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Snow characteristics:

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Land surface temperature:

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Surface topography:

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Longer term surface subsistence:

  • Chen, F. L., H. Lin, W. Zhou, T. H. Hong and G. Wang. 2013. Surface deformation detected by ALOS PALSAR small baseline SAR interferometry over permafrost environment of Beiluhe section, Tibet Plateau, China. Remote Sensing of Environment 138:10-18.
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Thermokarst distribution:

  • Jones, B. M., G. Grosse, K. M. Hinkel, C. D. Arp, S. Walker, R. A. Beck and J. P. Galloway. 2012. Assessment of pingo distribution and morphometry using an IfSAR derived digital surface model, western Arctic Coastal Plain, Northern Alaska. Geomorphology 138(1):1-14.

Seasonal heave/subsistence:

  • Short, N., B. Brisco, N. Couture, W. Pollard, K. Murnaghan and P. Budkewitsch. 2011. A comparison of TerraSAR-X, RADARSAT-2 and ALOS-PALSAR interferometry for monitoring permafrost environments, case study from Herschel Island, Canada. Remote Sensing of Environment 115(12):3491-3506.

Surficial geology terrain units:

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Soil organic layer

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  • Slater, L. D. and A. Reeve. 2002. Investigating peatland stratigraphy and hydrogeology using integrated electrical geophysics. Geophysics 67(2):365-378.

Surface water bodies:

  • Arp, C. D., B. M. Jones, F. E. Urban and G. Grosse. 2011. Hydrogeomorphic processes of thermokarst lakes with grounded-ice and floating-ice regimes on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska. Hydrological Processes 25(15):2422-2438.
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  • Kravtsova, V. I. and A. G. Bystrova. 2009. Changes in thermokarst lake sizes in different regions of Russia for the last 30 years. Kriosfera Zemli (Earth Cryosphere) 13:16-26.
  • Labrecque, S., D. Lacelle, C. R. Duguay, B. Lauriol and J. Hawkings. 2009. Contemporary (1951-2001) evolution of lakes in the Old Crow Basin, Northern Yukon, Canada: Remote sensing, numerical modeling, and stable isotope analysis. Arctic 62(2):225-238.
  • Lee, H., M. Durand, H. C. Jung, D. Alsdorf, C. K. Shum and Y. W. Sheng. 2010. Characterization of surface water storage changes in Arctic lakes using simulated SWOT measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31(14):3931-3953.
  • Paine, J. G., J. R. Andrews, K. Saylam, T. A. Tremblay, A. R. Averett, T. L. Caudle, T. Meyer and M. H. Young. 2013. Airborne lidar on the Alaskan North Slope: Wetlands mapping, lake volumes, and permafrost features. 32(7):798-805.

Soil moisture:

  • Moghaddam, M., S. Saatchi and R. H. Cuenca. 2000. Estimating subcanopy soil moisture with radar. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 105(D11):14899-14911.
  • Liu, Q., R. H. Reichle, R. Bindlish, M. H. Cosh, W. T. Crow, R. de Jeu, G. J. M. De Lannoy, G. J. Huffman and T. J. Jackson. 2011. The contributions of precipitation and soil moisture observations to the skill of soil moisture estimates in a land data assimilation system. Journal of Hydrometeorology 12(5):750-765.
  • Tabatabaeenejad, A., M. Burgin and M. Moghaddam. In review. P-band radar retrieval of subcanopy and subsurface soil moisture profile as a second-order polynomial: First AirMOSS results. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
  • Tabatabaeenejad, A. and M. Moghaddam. 2011. Radar retrieval of surface and deep soil moisture and effect of moisture profile on inversion accuracy. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 8(3):478-482.

Land cover:

  • Jones, H. G. and R. A. Vaughan. 2010. Remote sensing of vegetation: Principles, techniques, and applications. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Jorgenson, M. T., J. E. Roth, P. F. Miller, M. J. Macander, M. S. Duffy, A. F. Wells, G. V. Frost and E. R. Pullman. 2009. An Ecological Land Survey and Landcover Map of the Arctic Network. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/ARCN/NRTR—2009/270. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
  • Selkowitz, D. J. and S. V. Stehman. 2011. Thematic accuracy of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001 land cover for Alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment 115(6):1401-1407.

Vegetation structure and composition:

  • Beck, P. S. A., S. J. Goetz, M. C. Mack, H. D. Alexander, Y. F. Jin, J. T. Randerson and M. M. Loranty. 2011a. The impacts and implications of an intensifying fire regime on Alaskan boreal forest composition and albedo. Global Change Biology 17(9):2853-2866.
  • Goetz, S. J., M. Sun, A. Baccini and P. S. A. Beck. 2010. Synergistic use of space-borne LiDAR and optical imagery for assessing forest disturbance: An Alaska case study. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 115(G00E0).

Biomass

  • Blackard, J. A., M. V. Finco, E. H. Helmer, G. R. Holden, M. L. Hoppus, D. M. Jacobs, A. J. Lister, G. G. Moisen, M. D. Nelson, R. Riemann, B. Ruefenacht, D. Salajanu, D. L. Weyermann, K. C. Winterberger, T. J. Brandeis, R. L. Czaplewski, R. E. McRoberts, P. L. Patterson and R. P. Tymcio. 2008. Mapping US forest biomass using nationwide forest inventory data and moderate resolution information. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(4):1658-1677.
  • Ji, L., B. K. Wylie, D. R. Nossov, B. Peterson, M. P. Waldrop, J. W. McFarland, J. Rover and T. N. Hollingsworth. 2012. Estimating aboveground biomass in interior Alaska with Landsat data and field measurements. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 18:451-461.
  • Neigh, C. S. R., R. F. Nelson, K. J. Ranson, H. A. Margolis, P. M. Montesano, G. Q. Sun, V. Kharuk, E. Naesset, M. A. Wulder and H. E. Andersen. 2013. Taking stock of circumboreal forest carbon with ground measurements, airborne and spaceborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment 137:274-287.
  • Raynolds, M. K., D. A. Walker, H. E. Epstein, J. E. Pinzon and C. J. Tucker. 2012. A new estimate of tundra-biome phytomass from trans-Arctic field data and AVHRR NDVI. Remote Sensing Letters 3(5):403-411.

Methane:

  • Engram, M., K. W. Anthony, F. J. Meyer and G. Grosse. 2012. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) backscatter response from methane ebullition bubbles trapped by thermokarst lake ice. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 38(6):667-682.
  • Walter, K. M., M. Engram, C. R. Duguay, M. O. Jeffries and F. S. Chapin. 2008. The potential use of synthetic aperture radar for estimating methane ebullition from Arctic lakes. Journal of the American Water Research Association 44(2):305-315.

Water vapor flux

  • Groves, D. G. and J. A. Francis. 2002a. Moisture budget of the Arctic atmosphere from TOVS satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 107(D19).
  • Groves, D. G. and J. A. Francis. 2002b. Variability of the Arctic atmospheric moisture budget from TOVS satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 107(D24).

CO2:

  • Zulueta, R. C., W. C. Oechel, H. W. Loescher, W. T. Lawrence and K. T. Paw U. 2011. Aircraft-derived regional scale CO2 fluxes from vegetated drained thaw-lake basins and interstitial tundra on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Global Change Biology 17(9):2781-2802.