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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
Projects
Soil
Spatial Extent
N: 83.6162S: 45.5364E: 180W: -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)
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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: 2026-08-17
@article{olefeldt_goswami_grosse_hayes_hugelius_kuhry_sannel_schuur_turetsky_2016,
title={Arctic Circumpolar Distribution and Soil Carbon of Thermokarst Landscapes, 2015},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/ornl-cloud-thermokarst-circumpolar-map-1332-1},
DOI={10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1332},
abstractNote={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.},
publisher={ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Olefeldt, D. and Goswami, S. and Grosse, G. and Hayes, D.J. and Hugelius, G. and Kuhry, P. and Sannel, B. and Schuur, E.A.G. and Turetsky, M.R.},
year={2016},
language={en},
}
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: 2026-08-17
Olefeldt, D., et al. “Arctic Circumpolar Distribution and Soil Carbon of Thermokarst Landscapes, 2015.” With ORNL DAAC, Version 1, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2016, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1332. Date Accessed: 2026-08-17
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