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Diagnostics and Mapping of Geoecological Situations in the Permafrost Zone of Russia
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: Received: 30 October 2018 / Approved: 30 October 2018 / Online: 30 October 2018 (05:19:47 CET)
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Tumel, N.; Zotova, L. Diagnostics and Mapping of Geoecological Situations in the Permafrost Zone of Russia. Geosciences 2019, 9, 353, doi:10.3390/geosciences9080353. Tumel, N.; Zotova, L. Diagnostics and Mapping of Geoecological Situations in the Permafrost Zone of Russia. Geosciences 2019, 9, 353, doi:10.3390/geosciences9080353.
Abstract
The diagnostics of natural landscapes geoecological state in the course of the permafrost zone economic development should be based on the assessment of the destructive cryogenic processes formation. It is expedient to consider it in terms of landscapes resistance to cryogenic processes increase. The choice of lithocryogenic stability parameters is substantiated. These are: permafrost distribution over the area, its annual mean temperature and ice content, protective properties of the vegetation and etc. Cryogenic processes activation is estimated with regard to their area, development rate and attenuation, natural landscapes damage, hazard for engineering facilities operation. The assessment procedure, and the way of improving expert numerical scores are shown. At Geography Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, the authors have developed a number of the approved methods of making evaluation maps of different scales applying the methods of landscape indication, modern methods of space images decoding, methods of expert scores, the method statistical calculations and methods of spatial GIS-analysis. The technique of Atlas geo-information mapping on the landscape basis has been introduced in seven atlases at scales from 1:3 000 000 to 1:20 000 000. These maps are widely used in design and survey organizations and in education.
Keywords
geoecological situations; permafrost zone; cryolithozone; cryogenic processes; landscapes stability; geoinformation mapping
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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