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Final Report edited by Martin Rutzinger Kati Heinrich Axel Borsdorf Johann Stötter “permAfrost – Austrian Permafrost Research Initiative. Final Report” edited by Martin Rutzinger, Kati Heinrich, Axel Borsdorf, and Johann Stötter (Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, ÖAW) Design: Kati Heinrich & Fides Braun (Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, ÖAW) Responsibility for content, tables and figures of each chapter rests with the corresponding authors. All visuals are by the respective authors if no sources are given. ISBN: 978-3-7001-7577-3 (online) DOI: 10.1553/IGF-1 Preface The Austrian Permafrost Research Initiative (permAfrost) is a national project started in 2009 and funded by the research framework program “Alpenforschung” administrated by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The project has been conducted by five research partners in Austria, which are the Institute of Geography and Re- gional Sciences of the University of Graz, the Institute of Geology of the University of Innsbruck, the Depart- ment of Geography and Geology of the University of Salzburg, the Institute of Geography of the University of Innsbruck. The project was coordinated by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. permAfrost is the first Austrian effort to bring together permafrost research on a national scale. Major tasks within the project are the research fields of • permafrost reformation and degradation • monitoring climate change impact on rock glacier behavior • hydrogeological investigation of changed permafrost discharge • detecting and quantifying area wide permafrost change The project finalized in 2013 is now looking back to the establishment of a close network of national per- mafrost activities including a large variety of research activities resulting in several outputs such as scientific papers partly published in index scientific journals, contributions at national and international conferences and workshops, and the elaboration of PhD, MSc and BSc thesis. An overview of the major scientific output from permAfrost is given in the following chapter. However the finalization of permAforst raises new research questions and challenges. Especially, strategies for establishing and ensuring long-term monitoring and research on alpine permafrost in Austria will be an important task. The editors thank Matthias Monreal for initial project launch and management, Fides Braun for layouting the report, the Austrian Academy of Sciences for financing this project, and especially Dr. Günter Köck for any support given during the time of the project. Martin Rutzinger, Kati Heinrich, Axel Borsdorf & Johann Stötter iii Content Preface Martin Rutzinger, Kati Heinrich, Axel Borsdorf & Johann Stötter iii Scientific output Permafrost-Glacier Interaction – Process Understanding of Permafrost Reformation and Degradation Jan-Christoph Otto & Markus Keuschnig 3 Climatic-induced spatio-temporal change of kinematics and ground temperature of rock glaciers and permafrost in the Hohe Tauern Range, Austria Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer , Michael Avian, Viktor Kaufmann, Erich Niesner & Birgit Kühnast 17 Permafrost and Climate Change in North and South Tyrol Karl Krainer 40 Detecting and Quantifying Area Wide Permafrost Change Christoph Klug, Erik Bollmann, Lorenzo Rieg, Maximilian Sproß, Rudolf Sailer & Johann Stötter 53 iv Scientific output Avian, M., 2012. First results of repeated Terrestrial Laserscanning monitoring processes at the rock fall area Burgstall/Pasterze Glacier, Hohe Tauern Range, Central Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14 (EGU2012-8905). Avian, M., 2012. Performance and limits of different long-range TLS-sensors for monitoring high mountain geomorphic processes at different spatial scales. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14 (EGU2012-10081). Avian, M., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., 2012. Modelling of potential permafrost distribution during the Younger Dryas, the Little Ice Age and at present in the Reisseck Mountains, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria, Aus- trian Journal of Earth Sciences, 105(1), 140–153. Bollmann, E., Abermann, J., Klug, C., Sailer, R., Stötter, J., 2012. Quantifying Rock glacier Creep using Airborne Laserscanning. A case study from two Rock glaciers in the Austrian Alps. Proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10(1), Salekhard, Russian Federa- tion, 49–54. Bollmann, E., Sailer, R., Briese, C., Stötter, J., Fritzmann, P., 2010. Potential of airborne laser scanning for geomorphologic feature and process detection and quantification in high alpine mountains. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 55(Suppl. 2), 83–104. Eisank, J., 2012. Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung von Permafrost im Schrankar, Stubaier Alpen. Master’s thesis. Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Kaufmann, V., 2012. Detection and quantification of rock glacier creep using high-resolution orthoimages of virtual globes. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 39-B5, Melbourne, Australia, 517–522. Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., 2011. Thermal regime of ground surfaces in different alpine areas of Central and Eastern Austria between 2006 and 2010. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13 (EGU2011-12999). Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., 2011. Freeze-thaw cycles and frost shattering potential at alpine rockwalls in the Hohe and Niedere Tauern Ranges, Austria) between 2006 and 2010. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13(EGU2011-13091). Kellerer-Pirklbauer A., 2013. Ground surface temperature and permafrost evolution in the Hohe Tauern Na- tional Park, Austria, between 2006 and 2012. Signals of a warming climate? 5th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas – Conference Volume, Mittersill, Austria, 363–372. Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Avian, M., 2012. Permafrost und Bodentemperaturveränderungen zwischen 2006 und 2011 in der Reißeckgruppe, Hohe Tauern, Österreich, Carinthia II, 202, 505–522. Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Avian, M., Kaufmann, V., Nieser, E., Kühnast, B., 2012. Climate-induced spatio- temporal changes of rock glacier kinematics and temperature regime of permafrost in the Hohe Tauern Range, Austria: One work package within the permAfrost project. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14 (EGU2012-9492). Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Kaufmann, V., 2012. On the relationship between surface flow velocity and climatic conditions at three rock glaciers in central Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14 (EGU2012- 9573). Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Kaufmann, V., 2012. About the relationship between rock glacier velocity and cli- mate parameters in central Austria, Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 105(2), 94–112. Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Lieb, G., K., Kleinferchner, H., 2010. A new rock glacier inventory at the eastern margin of the European Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts ,12 (EGU2010-13110). Klug, C., 2011. Blockgletscherbewegungen in den Stubaier, Reichenkar) und Ötztaler, äußeren Hocheben- kar) Alpen – Methodenkombination aus digitaler Photogrammetrie und Airborne Laserscanning. Mas- ter’s thesis. Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck. 1 Klug, C., Bollmann, E., Krainer, K., Rieg, L., Sailer, R., Sproß, M., Stötter, J., 2011. Combination of pho- togrammetry and airborne laser scanning to derive horizontal flow velocities and volume changes of rock glaciers. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13 (EGU2011-12063-1). Klug, C., Bollmann, E., Sailer, R., Stötter, J., Krainer, K., Kääb, A., 2012. Monitoring of permafrost creep on two rock glaciers in the Austrian Eastern Alps: Combination of aerophotogrammetry and airborne laserscanning validated by dGPS measurements. Proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) Proceedings, 10(1), Salekhard, Russian Federation, 215–220. Krainer, K., 2010. Geologie und Geomorphologie von Obergurgl und Umgebung. In: Koch, E.-M., Ersch- bamer, B., (eds): Glaziale und Periglaziale Lebensräume im Raum Obergurgl. Innsbruck University Press, 31–52. Krainer, K., 2010. Blockgletscherinventar Ötztaler – Stubaier Alpen. Permafrost-Workshop Obergurgl. Obergurgl, Austria. Krainer, K., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Kaufmann, V., Lieb, G., K., Schrott, L., Hausmann, H., 2012. Perma- frost Research in Austria: History and recent advances, Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 105(2), 2–11. Rieg, L., Sailer, R., Stötter, J., Burger, D., 2012. 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Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Innsbruck. 2 Permafrost-Glacier Interaction – Process Understanding of Permafrost Reformation and Degradation Jan-Christoph Otto (1) & Markus Keuschnig