Modern air, englacial and permafrost temperatures at high altitude on Mt Ortles (3905 m a.s.l.), in the eastern European Alps

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Carturan, Luca, De Blasi, Fabrizio, Dinale, Roberto, Dragà, Gianfranco, Gabrielli, Paolo, Mair, Volkmar, Seppi, Roberto, Tonidandel, David, Zanoner, Thomas, Zendrini, Tiziana Lazzarina, Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo
• Other Authors: Zanoner, Thoma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Pressure Point; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11571/1491655; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4661-2023; https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/4661/2023/

The climatic response of mountain permafrost and glaciers located in high-elevation mountain areas has major implications for the stability of mountain slopes and related geomorphological hazards, water storage and supply, and preservation of palaeoclimatic archives. Despite a good knowledge of phys...