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Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3589-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3589-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
Research article
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20 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2018

An estimate of ice wedge volume for a High Arctic polar desert environment, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island

Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison and Wayne Pollard

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This study provides a first approximation of the volume of ice in ice wedges, a ground-ice feature in permafrost for a High Arctic polar desert region. We demonstrate that Geographical Information System analyses can be used on satellite images to estimate ice wedge volume. We estimate that 3.81 % of the top 5.9 m of permafrost could be ice-wedge ice on the Fosheim Peninsula. In response to climate change, melting ice wedges will result in widespread terrain disturbance in this region.
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