Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway
The cryosphere web portal maintained by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), https://cryo.met.no , provides access to the latest operational data and the current state of sea ice, snow, and permafrost in Norway, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. We present the latest addition to this po...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2d1a002f476b4a479d8ff966482a2c51 2023-09-05T13:11:10+02:00 Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway Ketil Isaksen Julia Lutz Atle Macdonald Sørensen Øystein Godøy Lara Ferrighi Steinar Eastwood Signe Aaboe 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1c https://doaj.org/article/2d1a002f476b4a479d8ff966482a2c51 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1c https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1c 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/2d1a002f476b4a479d8ff966482a2c51 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 17, Iss 9, p 095012 (2022) operational monitoring cryosphere climate change permafrost Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1c 2023-08-13T00:36:54Z The cryosphere web portal maintained by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), https://cryo.met.no , provides access to the latest operational data and the current state of sea ice, snow, and permafrost in Norway, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. We present the latest addition to this portal: the operational permafrost monitoring at MET Norway and methods for visualising real-time permafrost temperature data. The latest permafrost temperatures are compared to the climatology generated from the station’s data record, including median, confidence intervals, extremes, and trends. There are additional operational weather stations with extended measurement programs at these locations. The collocated monitoring offers daily updated data for studying and monitoring the current state, trends, and the effects of, e.g. extreme climate events on permafrost temperatures. Ground temperature rates obtained from the long-term records in the warmer permafrost found in Norway are typically 0.1 ^∘ C–0.2 ^∘ C per decade. In contrast, in the colder permafrost of the High Arctic on Svalbard, a warming of up to 0.7 ^∘ C per decade is apparent. The operational monitoring provides information faster than ever before, potentially assisting in the early detection of, e.g. record high active layer thickness and pronounced permafrost temperature increases. It may also become an important cornerstone of early warning systems for natural hazards associated with permafrost warming and degradation. Currently, data are submitted manually to the international Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost and are scheduled for integration with World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) operational services through the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch. Article in Journal/Newspaper Active layer thickness Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Climate change Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost Ice permafrost Sea ice Svalbard Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Arctic Norway Portal The ENVELOPE(159.750,159.750,-78.033,-78.033) Svalbard The Antarctic Environmental Research Letters 17 9 095012 |
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The cryosphere web portal maintained by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), https://cryo.met.no , provides access to the latest operational data and the current state of sea ice, snow, and permafrost in Norway, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. We present the latest addition to this portal: the operational permafrost monitoring at MET Norway and methods for visualising real-time permafrost temperature data. The latest permafrost temperatures are compared to the climatology generated from the station’s data record, including median, confidence intervals, extremes, and trends. There are additional operational weather stations with extended measurement programs at these locations. The collocated monitoring offers daily updated data for studying and monitoring the current state, trends, and the effects of, e.g. extreme climate events on permafrost temperatures. Ground temperature rates obtained from the long-term records in the warmer permafrost found in Norway are typically 0.1 ^∘ C–0.2 ^∘ C per decade. In contrast, in the colder permafrost of the High Arctic on Svalbard, a warming of up to 0.7 ^∘ C per decade is apparent. The operational monitoring provides information faster than ever before, potentially assisting in the early detection of, e.g. record high active layer thickness and pronounced permafrost temperature increases. It may also become an important cornerstone of early warning systems for natural hazards associated with permafrost warming and degradation. Currently, data are submitted manually to the international Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost and are scheduled for integration with World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) operational services through the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch. |
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Ketil Isaksen Julia Lutz Atle Macdonald Sørensen Øystein Godøy Lara Ferrighi Steinar Eastwood Signe Aaboe |
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Ketil Isaksen Julia Lutz Atle Macdonald Sørensen Øystein Godøy Lara Ferrighi Steinar Eastwood Signe Aaboe |
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Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway |
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Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway |
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Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway |
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Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway |
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Advances in operational permafrost monitoring on Svalbard and in Norway |
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advances in operational permafrost monitoring on svalbard and in norway |
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2022 |
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1c https://doaj.org/article/2d1a002f476b4a479d8ff966482a2c51 |
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Active layer thickness Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Climate change Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost Ice permafrost Sea ice Svalbard |
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Active layer thickness Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Climate change Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost Ice permafrost Sea ice Svalbard |
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