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Comparison of active layer thickness from boreholes in the Alps, Norway and Svalbard

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The figure shows the comparison of the active layer thickness from boreholes in the Alps, Norway and Svalbard.

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Methodology:: PERMOS. 2010. Permafrost in Switzerland 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. Ed. Jeannette Noetzli and Daniel Vonder Muehll. Glaciological Report (Permafrost) 8/9. Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
Units:: m
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE); University of Zurich
Figure type:: Graph

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Active layer depth measured in bore holes

Data for the Swiss sites are provided by the Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (PERMOS), data for the scandinavian sites by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

temporal coverage: varying lengths of data series