For the first time a permafrost temperature model has been developed for the whole Antarctic ice-free areas. This research, lead by the University of Oslo, which counted with the collaboration of ZP&M is a very significant advance in order to better understand the climate sensitivity of Antarctic permafrost and highlights the major regional differences that were known from field monitoring, but with the model results allowing to infer conditions in areas without previous observations. The model shows also that the coldest permafrost on Earth may be present at Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains, with -36 ºC.
The paper is available in open access format at: https://www.the-cryosphere.net/14/497/2020/
Full reference:
Obu, J., Westermann, S., Vieira, G., Abramov, A., Balks, M., Bartsch, A., Hrbacek, F., Kaab, A., & Ramos, M. (2020). Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at 1 km2 scale, The Cryosphere, 14 (2): 497-519. doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-497-2020.
The paper is available in open access format at: https://www.the-cryosphere.net/14/497/2020/
Full reference:
Obu, J., Westermann, S., Vieira, G., Abramov, A., Balks, M., Bartsch, A., Hrbacek, F., Kaab, A., & Ramos, M. (2020). Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at 1 km2 scale, The Cryosphere, 14 (2): 497-519. doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-497-2020.