The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P), Status Report, March 25, 2001. Submitted to the IPA Executive Committee Meeting, Rome. Available at www.gtnp.org Burgess

• Main Authors: Sharon Smith, Margo Burgess
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Burgess; Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost; GTN-P; International Permafrost Association; permafrost
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.520.1213; http://www.uspermafrost.org/reports/gtnp2003.pdf

The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) was established in 1999 by the International Permafrost Association (IPA) to provide long-term field observations of active layer and permafrost thermal state that are required to characterize and detect changes in permafrost conditions. The data supplied by the network will enhance our ability to predict the consequences of permafrost degradation and to develop adaptation measures to respond to these changes. The GTN-P contributes to the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Climate Observing System and Global Terrestrial Observing System. An overview of the GTN-P is given by Burgess et al. (2000). Since 1999, the IPA’s ad hoc GTN-P committee has made considerable progress in organizing and implementing the GTN-P. This is in large part the result of voluntary efforts as there is no formal over arching funding for the GTN-P implementation. A status report submitted to the IPA