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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1707-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1707-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
A new habitat map of the Lena Delta in Arctic Siberia based on field and remote sensing datasets
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Alexandra Runge
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Iuliia Shevtsova
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Nele Landgraf
Department of Geosciences, Humboldt University, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Anne Morgenstern
Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Ronald Reagan Okoth
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geography and Geology, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Oswald-Külpe-Weg 86, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Matthias Fuchs
Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, 552 USB, Boulder, CO, USA
Nikolay Lashchinskiy
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Carl Stadie
Permafrost Research, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Alison Beamish
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Ulrike Herzschuh
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Environmental Sciences & Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Guido Grosse
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
The Lena Delta is the largest river delta in the Arctic and represents a biodiversity hotspot. Here, we describe multiple field datasets and a detailed habitat classification map for the Lena Delta. We present context and methods of these openly available datasets and show how they can improve our understanding of the rapidly changing Arctic tundra system.
The Lena Delta is the largest river delta in the Arctic and represents a biodiversity hotspot....
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