Université de Fribourg

Semi-automated calibration method for modelling of mountain permafrost evolution in Switzerland

Marmy, Antoine ; Rajczak, Jan ; Delaloye, Reynald ; Hilbich, Christin ; Hoelzle, Martin ; Kotlarski, Sven ; Lambiel, Christophe ; Noetzli, Jeannette ; Phillips, Marcia ; Salzmann, Nadine ; Staub, Benno ; Hauck, Christian

In: The Cryosphere, 2016, vol. 10, no. 6, p. 2693–2719

Permafrost is a widespread phenomenon in mountainous regions of the world such as the European Alps. Many important topics such as the future evolution of permafrost related to climate change and the detection of permafrost related to potential natural hazards sites are of major concern to our society. Numerical permafrost models are the only tools which allow for the projection of the future...

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Local influences of geothermal anomalies on permafrost distribution in an active volcanic island (Deception Island, Antarctica)

Goyanes, G. ; Vieira, G. ; Caselli, A. ; Cardoso, M. ; Marmy, Antoine ; Santos, F. ; Bernardo, I. ; Hauck, Christian

In: Geomorphology, 2014, vol. 225, p. 57–68

This study aims at understanding the spatial distribution and characteristics of the frozen and unfrozen terrain in an alluvial fan on Deception Island, which is an active strato-volcano located in the Bransfield Strait (South Shetland Islands) with recent eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970. The alluvial fan is dominated by debris-flow, run-off and rock fall processes and permafrost occurs in...

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Permafrost model sensitivity to seasonal climatic changes and extreme events in mountainous regions

Marmy, Antoine ; Salzmann, Nadine ; Scherler, Martin ; Hauck, Christian

In: Environmental Research Letters, 2013, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 035048

Climate models project considerable ranges and uncertainties in future climatic changes. To assess the potential impacts of climatic changes on mountain permafrost within these ranges of uncertainty, this study presents a sensitivity analysis using a permafrost process model combined with climate input based on delta-change approaches. Delta values comprise a multitude of coupled air temperature...