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The Applications of Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Frozen Ground Regions

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 1284

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College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Interests: permafrost; interactions in snow–vegetation–frozen ground

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Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Interests: permafrost; periglacial geomorphology; landscape change detection; modeling ground temperature

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Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Interests: remote sensing; permafrost; deep learning for computer vision

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College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Interests: remote sensing; permafrost; hydrology and carbon cycle

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Frozen ground is an important component of the cryosphere. Permafrost regions underlie approximately 24% of the exposed land surface of the Northern Hemisphere, and seasonally frozen ground (SFG) regions occupy 57%. Such a vast area extent of frozen ground plays a significant role in the local to global atmospheric circulation, climate, hydrology, and terrestrial ecosystems by affecting the energy, water, and carbon cycles. Due to significant global warming, frozen ground and its environment have experienced great changes, e.g., the freeze–thaw process, the area extent, ground temperature, landform, vegetation, and others. Thus, it is necessary to study this topic. Excluding classical field observations, remote sensing, machine learning, and deep learning methods are popular in the field of frozen ground research.

This Special Issue is aimed at studies covering different applications of remote sensing, machine learning, and deep learning in the frozen ground, including seasonally frozen ground and permafrost. Topics may cover anything from the related frozen ground in the point-regional-hemisphere scales. Hence, algorithms, applications, and simulations in frozen ground studies, among other issues, are welcome. Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Remote sensing in the freeze/thaw status;
  • Seasonally frozen ground changes;
  • Permafrost changes;
  • Landform;
  • The application or development of algorithms in the frozen ground study;
  • Environment changes in the frozen ground regions.

Prof. Dr. Xiaoqing Peng
Prof. Dr. Dongliang Luo
Dr. Raul-David Șerban
Dr. Lingcao Huang
Prof. Dr. Yonghong Yi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • frozen ground
  • permafrost
  • remote sensing
  • machining learning
  • deep learning
  • InSAR
  • carbon

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Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Freeze–Thaw Erosion in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
by Zhenzhen Yang, Wankui Ni, Fujun Niu, Lan Li and Siyuan Ren
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(9), 1629; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16091629 - 2 May 2024
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Freeze–thaw (FT) erosion intensity may exhibit a future increasing trend with climate warming, humidification, and permafrost degradation in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). The present study provides a reference for the prevention and control of FT erosion in the QTP, as well as for [...] Read more.
Freeze–thaw (FT) erosion intensity may exhibit a future increasing trend with climate warming, humidification, and permafrost degradation in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). The present study provides a reference for the prevention and control of FT erosion in the QTP, as well as for the protection and restoration of the regional ecological environment. FT erosion is the third major type of soil erosion after water and wind erosion. Although FT erosion is one of the major soil erosion types in cold regions, it has been studied relatively little in the past because of the complexity of several influencing factors and the involvement of shallow surface layers at certain depths. The QTP is an important ecological barrier area in China. However, this area is characterized by harsh climatic and fragile environmental conditions, as well as by frequent FT erosion events, making it necessary to conduct research on FT erosion. In this paper, a total of 11 meteorological, vegetation, topographic, geomorphological, and geological factors were selected and assigned analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-based weights to evaluate the FT erosion intensity in the QTP using a comprehensive evaluation index method. In addition, the single effects of the selected influencing factors on the FT erosion intensity were further evaluated in this study. According to the obtained results, the total FT erosion area covered 1.61 × 106 km2, accounting for 61.33% of the total area of the QTP. The moderate and strong FT erosion intensity classes covered 6.19 × 105 km2, accounting for 38.37% of the total FT erosion area in the QTP. The results revealed substantial variations in the spatial distribution of the FT erosion intensity in the QTP. Indeed, the moderate and strong erosion areas were mainly located in the high mountain areas and the hilly part of the Hoh Xil frozen soil region. Full article
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