Articles | Volume 17, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-63-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-63-2023
Research article
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10 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2023

Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada

Yifeng Wang, Robert G. Way, Jordan Beer, Anika Forget, Rosamond Tutton, and Meredith C. Purcell

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Coastal Labrador peatland permafrost inventory Yifeng Wang, Robert G. Way, and Jordan Beer https://doi.org/10.5885/45762XD-1DB498A49B864CFB

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Peatland permafrost in northeastern Canada has been misrepresented by models, leading to significant underestimates of peatland permafrost and permafrost distribution along the Labrador Sea coastline. Our multi-stage, multi-mapper, consensus-based inventorying process, supported by field- and imagery-based validation efforts, identifies peatland permafrost complexes all along the coast. The highest density of complexes is found to the south of the current sporadic discontinuous permafrost limit.