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Brief Communication: "An inventory of permafrost evidence for the European Alps"
1Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley, ARPA Valle d'Aosta, Italy
2Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics and Geochronology, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland
3WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland
4Laboratoire EDYTEM , CNRS, Université de Savoie, France
5Arabba Avalanche Center, Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto, ARPAV, Italy
6Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Austria
7Institute of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Graz University of Technology, Austria
8Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Geological Service, Italy
9Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
10Earth Science Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
11Abenis Alpinexpert Srl, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Abstract. The investigation and modelling of permafrost distribution, particularly in areas of discontinuous permafrost, is challenging due to spatial heterogeneity, remoteness of measurement sites and data scarcity. We have designed a strategy for standardizing different local data sets containing evidence of the presence or absence of permafrost into an inventory for the entire European Alps. With this brief communication, we present the structure and contents of this inventory. This collection of permafrost evidence not only highlights existing data and allows new analyses based on larger data sets, but also provides complementary information for an improved interpretation of monitoring results.
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Notice on Discussion StatusCitation: Cremonese, E., Gruber, S., Phillips, M., Pogliotti, P., Boeckli, L., Noetzli, J., Suter, C., Bodin, X., Crepaz, A., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lang, K., Letey, S., Mair, V., Morra di Cella, U., Ravanel, L., Scapozza, C., Seppi, R., and Zischg, A.: Brief Communication: "An inventory of permafrost evidence for the European Alps", The Cryosphere Discuss., 5, 1201-1218, doi:10.5194/tcd-5-1201-2011, 2011. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
