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Description

This data set provides the distribution of thermokarst landscapes in the boreal and tundra ecoregions within the northern circumpolar permafrost zones. This dataset provides an areal estimate of wetland, lake, and hillslope thermokarst landscapes as of 2015. Estimates of soil organic carbon (SOC) content associated with thermokarst and non-thermokarst landscapes were based on available circumpolar 0 to 3 meter SOC storage data.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 83.6162 S: 45.5364 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2216864090-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Landscape Processes ,
Permafrost ,
Carbon ,
Periglacial Processes ,
Topography

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Olefeldt, D., Goswami, S., Grosse, G., Hayes, D. J., Hugelius, G., Kuhry, P., Sannel, B., Schuur, E. A. G., & Turetsky, M. R. (2016). Arctic Circumpolar Distribution and Soil Carbon of Thermokarst Landscapes, 2015 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1332 Date Accessed: 2026-04-24

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Divergent spatiotemporal patterns and climate responses of lateral and internal lake drainage in the northern permafrost region Yang, Xiaolong, Liu, Aobo, Chen, Yating Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
The Arctic Permafrost Vulnerability Index Ramage, Justine, Vasilevskaya, Anna, Heleniak, Timothy, Jungsberg, Leneisja, Cordier, Mateo, Stella, Elisa, Westermann, Sebastian, Larsen, Joan Nymand Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Effects of Thermokarst Lake Drainage on Localized Vegetation Greening in the YamalGydan Tundra Ecoregion Liu, Aobo, Chen, Yating, Cheng, Xiao Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Diminishing lake area across the northern permafrost zone Webb, Elizabeth E., Liljedahl, Anna K. Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Environmental spaces for palsas and peat plateaus are disappearing at a circumpolar scale Leppiniemi, Oona, Karjalainen, Olli, Aalto, Juha, Luoto, Miska, Hjort, Jan Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Methane emissions from Arctic landscapes during 20002015: an analysis with land and lake biogeochemistry models Liu, Xiangyu, Zhuang, Qianlai Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Methane emissions from land and aquatic ecosystems in Western Siberia: An analysis with methane biogeochemistry models Xi, Xuan, Zhuang, Qianlai, Kim, Seungbum, Zhang, Zhen Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Monitoring Thermokarst Lake Drainage Dynamics in Northeast Siberian Coastal Tundra Liu, Aobo, Chen, Yating, Cheng, Xiao Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Tracking lake drainage events and drained lake basin vegetation dynamics across the Arctic Chen, Yating, Cheng, Xiao, Liu, Aobo, Chen, Qingfeng, Wang, Chengxin Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic Webb, Elizabeth E., Liljedahl, Anna K., Cordeiro, Jada A., Loranty, Michael M., Witharana, Chandi, Lichstein, Jeremy W. Reflectance, Anisotropy, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Research into Cryolithozone Spatial Pattern Changes Based on the Victorov, Alexey, Kapralova, Veronika, Orlov, Timofey, Trapeznikova, Olga, Arkhipova, Maria Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
The Roles of Climate Extremes, Ecological Succession, and Hydrology in Repeated Permafrost Aggradation and Degradation in Fens on the Tanana Flats, Alaska Jorgenson, M. Torre, Douglas, Thomas A., Liljedahl, Anna K., Roth, Joanna E., Cater, Tim C., Davis, Wendy A., Frost, Gerald V., Miller, Patricia F., Racine, Charles H. Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome Berner, Logan T., Massey, Richard, Jantz, Patrick, Forbes, Bruce C., Macias-Fauria, Marc, Myers-Smith, Isla, Kumpula, Timo, Gauthier, Gilles, Andreu-Hayles, Laia, Gaglioti, Benjamin V., Burns, Patrick, Zetterberg, Pentti, DArrigo, Rosanne, Goetz, Scott J. Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Negligible cycling of terrestrial carbon in many lakes of the arid circumpolar landscape Bogard, Matthew J., Kuhn, Catherine D., Johnston, Sarah Ellen, Striegl, Robert G., Holtgrieve, Gordon W., Dornblaser, Mark M., Spencer, Robert G. M., Wickland, Kimberly P., Butman, David E. Stratigraphic Sequence, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Soil Depth, Sediments, Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Permafrost and road degradation in Alaska McMillan-Wilhoit, Juliana, Howard, Heidi, Morozova, Kate Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes Olefeldt, D., Goswami, S., Grosse, G., Hayes, D., Hugelius, G., Kuhry, P., McGuire, A. D., Romanovsky, V. E., Sannel, A.B.K., Schuur, E.A.G., Turetsky, M. R. Landscape Processes, Permafrost, Carbon, Periglacial Processes, Topography
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