Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland
The temperature regime of alpine permafrost is altered by the generally warmer atmospheric temperatures of recent decades. Eight boreholes, with depths between 100 and 130 m, have recently been drilled in European mountain permafrost as part of the Permafrost and Climate in Europe (PACE) project. Th...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:63031 2024-06-23T07:56:03+00:00 Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland Gruber, S King, L Kohl, T Herz, T Haeberli, W Hoelzle, M 2004 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63031/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63031/1/Gruber_etal_2004_interpretation_geothermal.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-63031 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.503 eng eng Wiley https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63031/1/Gruber_etal_2004_interpretation_geothermal.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-63031 doi:10.1002/ppp.503 urn:issn:1045-6740 (P) 1099-1530 (E) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Gruber, S; King, L; Kohl, T; Herz, T; Haeberli, W; Hoelzle, M (2004). Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 15(4):349-357. Institute of Geography 910 Geography & travel Earth-Surface Processes Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2004 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-6303110.1002/ppp.503 2024-06-12T00:22:39Z The temperature regime of alpine permafrost is altered by the generally warmer atmospheric temperatures of recent decades. Eight boreholes, with depths between 100 and 130 m, have recently been drilled in European mountain permafrost as part of the Permafrost and Climate in Europe (PACE) project. They have been equipped with temperature sensors in order to better understand and quantify the effect of climate change on permafrost temperatures. Their interpretation with respect to signals of surface temperature histories is complicated by topographic effects. An apparent warming signal is present in all of the PACE boreholes but quantification of this effect in mountainous terrain remains difficult. The influence of topography and spatially-variable surface temperatures on temperature-depth profiles is demonstrated with measurements from the Stockhorn borehole and a simple model. A conceptual framework for the interpretation of topographically-disturbed temperature-depth profiles and the modelling of temperature histories based on these data is proposed. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Permafrost and Periglacial Processes University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
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The temperature regime of alpine permafrost is altered by the generally warmer atmospheric temperatures of recent decades. Eight boreholes, with depths between 100 and 130 m, have recently been drilled in European mountain permafrost as part of the Permafrost and Climate in Europe (PACE) project. They have been equipped with temperature sensors in order to better understand and quantify the effect of climate change on permafrost temperatures. Their interpretation with respect to signals of surface temperature histories is complicated by topographic effects. An apparent warming signal is present in all of the PACE boreholes but quantification of this effect in mountainous terrain remains difficult. The influence of topography and spatially-variable surface temperatures on temperature-depth profiles is demonstrated with measurements from the Stockhorn borehole and a simple model. A conceptual framework for the interpretation of topographically-disturbed temperature-depth profiles and the modelling of temperature histories based on these data is proposed. |
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Gruber, S King, L Kohl, T Herz, T Haeberli, W Hoelzle, M |
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Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland |
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Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland |
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Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland |
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Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland |
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Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland |
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interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at stockhorn plateau, switzerland |
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63031/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63031/1/Gruber_etal_2004_interpretation_geothermal.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-63031 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.503 |
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Gruber, S; King, L; Kohl, T; Herz, T; Haeberli, W; Hoelzle, M (2004). Interpretation of geothermal profiles perturbed by topography: the alpine permafrost boreholes at Stockhorn Plateau, Switzerland. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 15(4):349-357. |
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