Permos Report 2000/2001 and 2001/2002
Permafrost in Switzerland 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 4/5 2007 Permafrost in Switzerland 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 Glaciological Report (Permafrost) No. 4/5 Permafrost Monitoring Switzerland Edited by Daniel Vonder Mühll1,2, Jeannette Noetzli2, Isabelle Roer2, Knut Makowski3, and Reynald Delaloye4 With contributions from S. Gruber2, C. Hauck5, M. Hoelzle2, A. Kääb6, M. Luetscher7, M. Phillips8, N. Salzmann2, T. Stucki8, and W. Haeberli2 1 SystemsX.ch, ETH Zurich 2 Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics & Geochronology, Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich 3 Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich 4 Geography Institute, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Fribourg 5 Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, University of Karlsruhe (D) 6 Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo (N) 7 School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (UK) 8 Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos 2007 Permafrost in Switzerland 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 Publication of the Cryospheric Commission (former Glaciological Commission) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). c/o Department of Geography, University of Zurich-Irchel Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland © Cryospheric Commission 2007 Printed by Ebnoether Joos AG print & publishing Sihltalstrasse 82 Postfach 134 CH-8135 Langnau am Albis Switzerland Cover Page: Visible ice in a rock fall starting zone at ca. 3560 m a.s.l. just below the Marco e Rosa hut in the Bernina massif. The event occurred in August 2003. Photo: European Tourism Institute (ETI) at the Academia Engiadina. Preface Permafrost science in cold mountain regions is still very young. Systematic studies started well after World War II and first networks for long-term monitoring were only established around the year 2000.
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