2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Permafrost degradation mapping and modeling.
| Project/Area Number |
21680057
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Geography
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| Research Institution | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
IIJIMA Yoshihiro 独立行政法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境変動領域, 主任研究員 (80392934)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 気候 |
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| Research Abstract |
Wet climate with largely increased in precipitation during summer and snow accumulation during winter had continued in eastern Siberia. In the present study revealed that soil moisture in the active layer had been significantly increased corresponding with thawing of permafrost near the surface, and the perennially water-logged active layer furthermore exacerbated the boreal forest habitat, namely withered and dead forests widely extended in this region. In addition, the study attempted to extract the region of degraded boreal forest in relation to permafrost degradation based on the analyses of satellite data. The method combining field survey and satellite analyses exhibited great possibility to detect permafrost and forest degradation caused by wet climate in eastern Siberia.
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Research Products
(28 results)
