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-accessExample 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.