Permafrost characterization in Trans-Himalayan Ladakh, India: insights from remote sensing, gridded climate products, and in situ observations

RASTERS:1. interpolated data containing soil maps (as tif files)2. land use land cover of Drang Drung and Shafat sites (as tif file)3. permafrost from CRU_maat, ERA5_maat, MERRA 2_maat, MODIS_maat, and WorldClim_maat (as tif files) VECTORS:1. shapefile of outline of the study area (study_area as SHP file)2. shapefile of glaciers in the study area (glaciers as SHP file) WORKBOOKS:1. Biennial variability of continuous, discontinuous, and sporadic permafrost (as biennial_temperature.xlsx) from MODIS2. Site-wise soil characteristics (as soil_parameters.xlsx)