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Comparison of maximum active layer depth from different boreholes in the Swiss Alps and Norway (including Svalbard)
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Created 19 Jun 2014
Published 19 Jun 2014
Last modified 21 Dec 2016
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The figure shows the comparison of the active layer thickness from boreholes in the Swiss Alps and Norway (including Svalbard).
Data for the Swiss sites are provided by the Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (PERMOS), data for the Norwegian sites by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
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Methodology:
PERMOS. 2013. Permafrost in Switzerland 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. Ed. Jeannette Noetzli. Glaciological Report (Permafrost) 10/11. Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, 80 pp.
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Units:
m
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Rights:
- PERMOS Data Policy
Acknowledgment for PERMOS data in publications:
1) For graphs / illustrations
generated and provided by PERMOS, or when using the data in graphs only,
a dd to the caption: «Source: Permafrost Monitoring Switzerland (PERMOS)».
It is up to the authors(s) to additionally acknowledge the investigator(s) and/or institution(s).
2) For all other use of PERMOS data the acknowledgements (or corresponding) section must include that « ... data are provided by [name of investigator(s) and
/or institution(s)], as part of PERMOS, supported by GCOS Switzerland/BAFU/SCNAT.»
It is up to the authors(s) to offer co-authorship to the investigator(s) / institution(s) who collected the data. PERMOS strongly recommends contacting the investigators for detailed information on data acquisition and processing.
www.permos.ch/downloads/PERMOS_DataPolicy.pdf
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- University of Zurich
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
Active layer depth measured in bore holes
Data for the Swiss sites are provided by the Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (PERMOS), data for the Nowegian sites by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Temporal coverage: varying lengths of data series
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1987-2013
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