Published February 4, 2022 | Version v1
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Measurement Recommendations and Guidelines for the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)

Creators

  • 1. The George Washington University, Washington, USA
  • 2. WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
  • 3. Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
  • 4. Centre of Geographical Studies, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 5. Institut d'Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
  • 6. Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  • 7. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

Description

This document provides the definitions used by the GTN-P Network, as well as a short description commonly used measurement techniques and sampling recommendations and guidelines.

This is a provisional document. It will be substituted by the Permafrost Best Practices that will be published as part of the Update of the World Meteorological Organization Guide No. 8.

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Funding

Arctic PASSION – Pan-Arctic observing System of Systems: Implementing Observations for societal Needs 101003472
European Commission
Nunataryuk – Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation 773421
European Commission