Title: Spatial predictions of suitable environments for palsas and peat plateaus in the Northern Hemisphere for recent and future periods
Citation: Könönen, O. H., Karjalainen, O., Aalto, J., Luoto, M., & Hjort, J. (2023). Spatial predictions of suitable environments for palsas and peat plateaus in the Northern Hemisphere for recent and future periods [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7745085
Study Site: Arctic Canada
Purpose: Anthropogenic climate change threatens northern permafrost environments. This compromises the existence of permafrost landforms, such as palsas and peat plateaus, which have been assessed to be critically endangered habitats. In this study, we integrated geospatial datasets and statistical methods to model the suitable environments for palsas and peat plateaus across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region.
Abstract: Here we provide raster files of suitable environments for palsas and peat plateaus in the Northern Hemisphere. These files are results of a scientific study by Könönen et al. (2022, preprint). Files are provided in TIFF-format, and they describe the occurrence probability of the suitable environments for palsas and peat plateaus.
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research:
Further Info: Leppiniemi, O., Karjalainen, O., Aalto, J., Luoto, M., and Hjort, J.: Environmental spaces for palsas and peat plateaus are disappearing at a circumpolar scale, The Cryosphere, 17, 3157–3176, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3157-2023, 2023
Status: Complete
Keywords:
modeling,
climate change,
Permafrost,
Geographical coordinates: North: 69.01, South: 52.41 East: -66.54 West: 67.74
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1950-01-01, End
Date: 2000-12-31
