Department of Geography 

The evolution of mountain permafrost in Switzerland - TEMPS

TEMPS is a Sinergia-project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation 2011 - 2014. The overall objective of the project TEMPS is to improve the understanding of the vulnerability of mountain permafrost regions to climate changes and assess the potential impact at different field sites in the Swiss Alps. The project includes collaborating scientists from a variety of different fields, such as atmospheric and cryospheric sciences, geomorphology, geophysics, geography and remote sensing.

GO4ICE (Geophysical Observation and 4-phase modeling of Ice Content Evolution)
The Project GO4ICE is a sub-project within the project cluster SPCC (Sensitivity of Mountain Permafrost to Climate Change), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The aim of GO4ICE is the quantitative assessment of Alpine permafrost degradation using coupled geophysical and thermal monitoring systems. The geophysical monitoring focuses on the quantification of the composition of the subsurface material, and in particular the ice content evolution in both spatial and temporal dimension.

Permafrost Monitoring Switzerland (PERMOS)
(Research Associate)
The Swiss network for permafrost monitoring documents the status and long-term variations of permafrost in the Swiss Alps. It is jointly funded by the Federeal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Swiss Academy for Sciences (scnat) and the MeteoSwiss. Measurements are undertaken by several partner institutions (i.e., universities and research institutions).