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27 May 2019
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Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry
Andrew M. Cunliffe
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
George Tanski
Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Department of Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute,
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Boris Radosavljevic
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
William F. Palmer
Landscapes, Paris, France
Torsten Sachs
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Hugues Lantuit
Department of Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute,
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Jeffrey T. Kerby
Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, NH, USA
Isla H. Myers-Smith
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Short summary
Episodic changes of permafrost coastlines are poorly understood in the Arctic. By using drones, satellite images, and historic photos we surveyed a permafrost coastline on Qikiqtaruk – Herschel Island. We observed short-term coastline retreat of 14.5 m per year (2016–2017), exceeding long-term average rates of 2.2 m per year (1952–2017). Our study highlights the value of these tools to assess understudied episodic changes of eroding permafrost coastlines in the context of a warming Arctic.
Episodic changes of permafrost coastlines are poorly understood in the Arctic. By using drones,...
