The project

The European Space Agency launched the GlobPermafrost initiative (2016-2019) to develop, validate and implement information products to support the research communities and related international organisations like IPA and CliC in their work on understanding permafrost better by integration of Earth Observation data. The GlobPermafrost project was a follow up to the DUE Permafrost project.

Further developments

regarding permafrost modelling and rock glacier kinematics are made within the ESA CCI+ Permafrost project (2018-2021).

ESA Feature story on project results:

Satellites yield insight into not so permanent permafrost

Data access details:

http://globpermafrost.info/products-and-data-access

Example use cases of the ground temperature results:

• Horizon2020 project Nunataryuk (GRID Arendal): Foldable map shows permafrost around the world
• Climate modelling: Burke, E.J., Zhang, Y., Krinner, G. (2020): Evaluating permafrost physics in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) models and their sensitivity to climate change, The Cryosphere, 14, 3155–3174, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3155-2020.