Comparison of maximum active layer depth from different boreholes in the Swiss Alps and Norway (including Svalbard)

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.

Units

m

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

Comparison of maximum active layer depth from different boreholes in the Swiss Alps and Norway (including Svalbard)

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