PERMOS DATABASE - BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE DATA FROM THE SWISS PERMAFROST MONITORING NETWORK


(A) CITATION RECOMMENDATION

The dataset is open access for scientific and educational purposes under requirement of correct citation and/or contacting the principal investigators and responsible institutions according to the PERMOS Data Policy (http://www.permos.ch/downloads/PERMOS_DataPolicy.pdf). 


(B) DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER AND RELATED METADATA OF THE CURRENT DATABASE VERSION

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for version 2016

DOI for scientific data (Identifier): 10.13093/permos-2016-01
Creator: Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (PERMOS)
Title: Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network Database (PERMOS Database)
Publisher: Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (PERMOS)
Publication Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-04-18
Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.13093/permos-2016-01

Citation: PERMOS (2016): PERMOS Database. Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network, Fribourg, Switzerland. DOI:10.13093/permos-2016-01. Online access: http://dx.doi.org/10.13093/permos-2016-01

Related publications: 
PERMOS 2016 (in prep). Permafrost in Switzerland 2010/2011 to 2013/2014. Noetzli, J., Luethi, R., and Staub., B. (ed.), Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 12-15 of the Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.  
PERMOS 2013. Permafrost in Switzerland 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. Noetzli, J. (ed.), Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 10/11 of the Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, 80 pp.
....and earlier issues on: http://www.permos.ch/publications.html

Contributors: PERMOS Partner Institutions: ETH Zurich, Universities of Fribourg, Lausanne, and Zurich, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos. 
All work done by PIs and former PIs, field as well as processing assistance are highly acknowledged. 
PERMOS is financially supported by the Swiss Federal Institute for the Environment FOEN, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss and the Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT.

Rights: Open access for scientific and educational purposes under requirement of correct citation according to the PERMOS Data Policy (http://www.permos.ch/downloads/PERMOS_DataPolicy.pdf). Commercial use of the data requires a particular contract with PERMOS and is otherwise prohibited.

Description: Ground temperature time series in daily and annual resolution measured in permafrost boreholes and related meta data. All data are obtained in the scope of the Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network PERMOS.

Language: English
Data format: ASCII text, zipped
Data size: 14.4 MB
Spatial coverage: Swiss Alps, Lat (45.9,46.8), Lon (6.8,10.0)
Temporal coverage: 1987 to 2015-09-30
Temporal resolution: daily-annual

Instruments: thermistor chains

Keywords: mountain permafrost, thermal state, borehole temperature, active layer, longterm monitoring

(C) DISCLAIMER
The data can be subject to errors and inaccuracies (such as e.g., measurement instabilities, thermistor drift, physical disturbances) that have only partly been filtered out. We strongly suggest to perform data quality checks when using the data and to contact PERMOS (info@permos.ch) as well as the principal investigator and/or the responsible institution.