TSP NORWAY

The main contribution of TSP NORWAY to the IPY will be the development of a spatially distributed set of observations on past and present status of permafrost temperatures and active layer thicknesses in Svalbard and Norway. Emphasis is on permafrost temperatures since there is currently no global database that defines the thermal state of permafrost (TSP) for a specific time period (snapshot)... TSP NORWAY measurements will be a field component of the WMO/GCOS Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) and they will address questions related to climate change and the attendant environmental and societal issues in the cold regions of Planet Earth.