An inventory of permafrost evidence for the European Alps
Edoardo Cremonese
(1)
,
Stephan Gruber
(2)
,
Maria Phillips
(3)
,
Paolo Pogliotti
(3)
,
L. Boeckli
(2)
,
Jeannette Noetzli
(2)
,
C. Suter
(3)
,
Xavier Bodin
(4)
,
A. Crepaz
(1)
,
Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer
(5, 6)
,
S. Letey
(1)
,
V. Mair
,
Umberto Morra Di Cella
(1)
,
Ludovic Ravanel
(4)
,
Christian Scapozza
(7)
,
R. Seppi
(8)
,
A. Zischg
(9)
1
ARPA -
Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency
2 Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics and Geochronology
3 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
4 EDYTEM - Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne
5 Department of Geography and Regional Scienc
6 Institute of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
7 IGUL - Institut de Géographie [Lausanne]
8 Earth Science Department
9 Abenis Alpinexpert srl
2 Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics and Geochronology
3 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
4 EDYTEM - Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne
5 Department of Geography and Regional Scienc
6 Institute of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
7 IGUL - Institut de Géographie [Lausanne]
8 Earth Science Department
9 Abenis Alpinexpert srl
Edoardo Cremonese
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Xavier Bodin
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V. Mair
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Umberto Morra Di Cella
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Ludovic Ravanel
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Résumé
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.