Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-245-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-245-2015
Review article
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14 Sep 2015
Review article |  | 14 Sep 2015

The new database of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)

B. K. Biskaborn, J.-P. Lanckman, H. Lantuit, K. Elger, D. A. Streletskiy, W. L. Cable, and V. E. Romanovsky

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This paper introduces the new database of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) on permafrost temperature and active layer thickness data. It describes the operability of the Data Management System and the data quality. By applying statistics on GTN-P metadata, we analyze the spatial sample representation of permafrost monitoring sites. Comparison with environmental variables and climate projection data enable identification of potential future research locations.