Implementation: Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground Observations Matrix (draft 10-18-06)
Implementation type
Satellite
(Space infrastructure)
[note fail in mountain
Near –term
IPY- 07-08
Continue Landsat/SPOT
Moderate and high
resolution (1-250 m)
visible imagery
L-C-X band
SAR/InSAR
(defomation)
Mid term
Post IPY 09-2015
Continue Landsat/SPOT
Moderate and high
resolution (1-250 m)
visible imagery
Dedicated L-band
InSAR for velocity in
mountains
Laser/radar altimeters
Laser altimeters and
narrow beam radar
altimeters
500 m thermal infra-red
imagery
L-band passive
microwave imagery
1 km thermal infra-red
imagery
P band Claude
Suborbital
In Situ
Obtain Hi-resolution
aerial photography at
network sites
Wideband (100 MHz-5
GHz) airborne radar
Airborne scanning Lidar
Design representative
networks for
continental, coastal and
mountain regions
Expand existing TSP
and soil freezing
networks
Develop observer
network and schools
Permafrost distributionrevised regional
mountain maps
Shallow, intermediate
and deep permafrost
cores and associated
thermal and physical
measurements
Rockwall and BTS
instrumentation
GPS motion and
elevation measurements
Long term
> 10 Years
Continue Landsat/SPOT
Moderate and high
resolution (1-250 m)
visible imagery
Dedicated
multifrequency InSAR
observations
(velocity/topography)
Laser/radar swath
altimeters
Repeat hi resolution
100 m thermal infra-red
imagery
L-band and P-band
passive microwave
imagery
Repeat hi resolution
UAV wideband radar
UAV wideband radar
UAV scanning Lidar
Referenced permafrost
observatory network
with partial telemetry
UAV swath Lidar
Automated remote
network
Increase sites, schools
and observers
Expanded network of
BTS sites
Continue shallow,
intermediate and deep
permafrost core and
associated thermal and
physical measurements
Expand network and
telemetry
Telemetry of GPS
motion and elevation
Compliment with more
sites and ground
observers
Correlation of remotely
sensed data with BTS
and soil temp.
Shallow, intermediate
and deep permafrost
core and associated
thermal and physical
measurements
Improved simulation for
mountain slope stability
Autonomous permafrost
motion and elevation
Data Management
Instrumentation for lake
and off shore bottom
and sediment
temperatures
Site selection for cold
based subglacial
borehole
Data rescue
Data management
structure for IPY legacy
data sets (Projects 33,
50, 90, 373)-CAPS-DIS
Develop algorithms soil
freezing
Integration
Coordinate snow and
seasonal soil freezing
community
Input to AON and
ICARP
Integrate permafrost
observations and
processes into
atmosphere, land,
oceans GCM
Merge ground and
remote sensing time
series of target sites
sites
In situ observation of
thermokarst lakes
networks
Drill and instrument
subglacial borholes
Measurement of
temperature and
subglacial heat flux
Enhanced data relay
satellite network
IPY permafrost and
seasonal products
[gridded data bases]
Web-based GIS access
for manipulation of data
sets
Integrate snow- seasonal Scenarios of seasonal
soil freezing activities
soil freezing and
thawing
Couple in situ, suborbital and spaceborne
measurements to assess Scenarios of permafrost
permafrost degradation. response to warming by
observations and models
(degradation, gas
fluxes)