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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-317-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-317-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Review article
| 
06 Jun 2017
Review article |
| 06 Jun 2017
PeRL: a circum-Arctic Permafrost Region Pond and Lake database
Sina Muster
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Kurt Roth
Institute for Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Moritz Langer
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Stephan Lange
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Fabio Cresto Aleina
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Annett Bartsch
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie and Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria
Anne Morgenstern
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Guido Grosse
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Benjamin Jones
U.S. Geological Survey – Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
A. Britta K. Sannel
Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Ylva Sjöberg
Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Frank Günther
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Christian Andresen
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Alexandra Veremeeva
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
Prajna R. Lindgren
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Frédéric Bouchard
Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement (ETE), Québec QC, G1K 9A9, Canada
Geography Department, University of Montréal, Montréal QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
Mark J. Lara
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Daniel Fortier
Geography Department, University of Montréal, Montréal QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
Simon Charbonneau
Geography Department, University of Montréal, Montréal QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
Tarmo A. Virtanen
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Gustaf Hugelius
Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Juri Palmtag
Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Matthias B. Siewert
Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
William J. Riley
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
Charles D. Koven
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
Julia Boike
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Data sets
PeRL: Permafrost Region Pond and Lake Database, links to ArcGIS shapefiles S. Muster, K. Roth, M. Langer, S. Lange, F. Cresto-Aleina, A. Bartsch, A. Morgenstern, G. Grosse, B. Jones, A. B. K. Sannel, Y. Sjöberg, F. Günther, C. Andresen, A. Veremeeva, P. R. Lindgren, F. Bouchard, M. J. Lara, D. Fortier, S. Charbonneau, T. A. Virtanen, G. Hugelius, J. Palmtag, M. B. Siewert, W. J. Riley, C. D. Koven, and J. Boike https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868349
Short summary
Waterbodies are abundant in Arctic permafrost lowlands. Most waterbodies are ponds with a surface area smaller than 100 x 100 m. The Permafrost Region Pond and Lake Database (PeRL) for the first time maps ponds as small as 10 x 10 m. PeRL maps can be used to document changes both by comparing them to historical and future imagery. The distribution of waterbodies in the Arctic is important to know in order to manage resources in the Arctic and to improve climate predictions in the Arctic.
Waterbodies are abundant in Arctic permafrost lowlands. Most waterbodies are ponds with a...
