Permafrost and Ground Ice Map of Switzerland ...

• Main Author: Kenner, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: permafrost map; ground ice; ground temperatures; Switzerland; mountain permafrost; Permafrost distribution; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1470165; https://zenodo.org/record/1470165

Save the layer file (.lyr) together with the other files (Shapefiles) in a common folder and load the layer file in a GIS or geoviewer application to see the map. If your GIS-Application does not support .lyr files you can define the visualization of the map by yourself using the field “indicator” in the shapefiles attribute table. This field contain the numbers -3; -2; -1; 0; 1; 5 and 9 which have the following meaning: -3 = permafrost < -3°C -2 = permafrost -2 to -3°C -1 = permafrost < -1 to -2°C 0 = permafrost < 0 to -1°C 1 = Ground temperatures 0 to +1°C (possible patchy permafrost) 5 = potential ice-rich permafrost 9= glacier The PGIM and legends can also be accessed online at www.slf.ch\pgim The shapefile contain a countrywide permafrost distribution map of Switzerland, indicating ground temperatures and ice content. A new representation of ground temperatures is achieved by distinguishing ice-poor and ice-rich permafrost in the modelling process. There is a very strong correlation of ground ...