Determining dynamics of the Kara Sea coasts usingremote sensing and UAV data: A case study

A V Novikova; A P Vergun; E A Zelenin; A V Baranskaya; S A Ogorodov

doi:10.2205/2020ES000743

DETERMINING DYNAMICS OF THE KARA SEA COASTS USINGREMOTE SENSING AND UAV DATA: A CASE STUDY Determining dynamics of the Kara Sea coasts usingremote sensing and UAV data: A case study

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Published in Russian Journal of Earth Sciences · Volume 21, Issue 3 · Rubric: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2205/2020ES000743

Received: 29.10.2021 Accepted: 29.11.2025 Language of publication: ENG

Authors

A V Novikova

A P Vergun

E A Zelenin

A V Baranskaya

et al.

S A Ogorodov

A V Novikova

Geography Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University

A P Vergun

Geography Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University

E A Zelenin

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Science

A V Baranskaya

Geography Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University

S A Ogorodov

Geography Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University

ABSTRACT

Studies of Arctic coasts are of great importance given their active dynamics with thetendency to retreat, especially in the last decades under the conditions of global climatewarming and enhanced human impact. Here, we present the results of the ﬁrst surveysof the Kara Sea coasts with use of such new technique as unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs). Land surveys using DJI Phantom 4 PRO drone were conducted at two keysites: the Yamal coast of Baydaratskaya Bay in the area of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhtagas pipeline crossing (western Kara Sea) in 2018, and the western coast of Taymyrpeninsula in the area of Dikson settlement, Lemberova Bay (eastern Kara Sea) in2019. The imagery and DEMs built based on the UAV survey data were compared toearlier satellite imagery and ArcticDEMs that allowed estimation of coastal dynamicsfor several periods. Since the 1960s, coasts of the key areas had relatively slow retreat(0.4 m/yr for the Yamal area and 0.1 m/yr for the Taymyr area) compared to othersites of the Kara Sea and the Arctic in general. At the same time, there were higherosion rates at separate segments in certain periods: they reached 2 m/yr at erosionalcoastal segments with ice wedge outcrops, and up to 10 m/yr at low accumulativecoasts in the area of gas facilities in the period of their construction.

KEYWORDS

Arctic coasts, Kara Sea, UAVs, remote sensing, coastal erosion

Funding

The study has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research project No 19-35-90116. A. V. Baranskaya participated in the study with the ﬁnancial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research project No 18-05-60300. A. P. Vergun participated in the study with the ﬁnancial support of the state scientiﬁc program of the Laboratory of Geoecology of the North. We thank Dr. V. Fedosov (Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University), D. Koltysheva (Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University), M. Bondar (Zapovedniki Taymyra), I. Kornienko (Zapovedniki Taymyra) and V. Arkhipov (Zubov State Oceanographic Institute) for the arrangement, logistics and all kinds of support during the ﬁeldworks.

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