International Network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO)

Updated 2012-07-12

Coastal Module of GOOS

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: INPO: Hugues Lantuit (Hugues.Lantuit@awi.de); Jerry Brown (jerrybrown@igc.org) GTNP: Sharon Smith (SSmith@NRCan.gc.ca) CALM: Frederick Nelson (fnelson@udel.edu) ACCONet: Pier Paul Overduin (Paul.Overduin@awi.de) CAPP: Peter Kuhry (peter.kuhry@natgeo.su.se)
Email: rreJ ;)ed.iwa@tiutnaL.seuguH( tiutnaL seuguH :OPNI

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Regions studied: United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America; United States of America

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: Permafrost temperature Subsea permafros temperature Active layer depth Soil Organic Carbon content Surface energy fluxes Shoreline erosion rates

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: International Permafrost Association (IPA)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: The data management is coordinated by the Standing Committee on Data Information (Chairs: S. Smith and M. Parsons) and Communication of the International Permafrost Association. Networks: Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM), Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD), Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions (CAPP), Arctic Circumpolar Coastal Observatory Network (ACCOnet), International Network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO), Global Terrestrial Network on Permafrost (GTN-P), Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: A large part of the US and Canadian activities are community-based.