1st Permafrost_cci User Workshop
ESA's Permafrost CCI held its 1st User Workshop on 27 September 2021 as an online event.
Agenda
The final meeting Agenda is available for your information: CCI+_PERMA_WORKSHOP_AGENDA_v3.
Project presentations
Overview and Status of Permafrost_cci (Annett Bartsch, b.geos)
Using CCI+ Permafrost Data in model evaluation (Heidrun Matthes, AWI)
Combination of Permafrost_cci time series with Landsat trends (Ingmar Nitze, AWI)
GlobPermafrost heritage – overview and selected use examples (Annett Bartsch, b.geos)
Algorithm implementaion (Sebastian Westermann, GUIO)
Rock glacier kinematics (Tazio Strozzi, Gamma)
Background
In the frame of the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) the permafrost_cci project developed and generated a novel 23 years long climate data record of annual northern hemisphere permafrost parameters using satellite data. The products were specified based on a requirement review at the start of the project (User requirements document) building on a series of surveys within the ESA DUE Permafrost and GlobPermafrost projects. The third version of the permafrost product consists of annual ground temperature at various depths (GRD), active layer thickness (ALT) and permafrost extent (PEX). The data were released to the user community through the ESA CCI Open Data Portal.
In order to characterise the evolution of mountain permafrost globally, an IPA Action Group was launched in 2018 to manage a service dedicated to rock glacier inventories and kinematics and to promote the integration of rock glacier kinematics as a new associated parameter to the ECV Permafrost. In this context, specific guidelines to integrate kinematic information within rock glacier inventories exploiting satellite SAR interferometry were developed within permafrost_CCI and applied to eleven regional inventories worldwide (see here under Preliminary results).
The workshop will bring together the permafrost_cci project team, the Climate Research Group associated with permafrost_cci, and users of permafrost_cci products working in various application fields related to climate monitoring and modelling.
Objectives of the workshop
- Review and consolidate the portfolio of permafrost_cci products
- Collect feedback on the usage of permafrost_cci products from various applications
- Discuss challenges related to the generation of permafrost CDRs (Climate Data Records)
- Review and consolidate requirements and specifications of permafrost products as guidelines for further developments
- Engage the permafrost research community to facilitate collaboration and networking
- Present and discuss results from climate research applications and process studies using permafrost CDRs
- Encourage usage of the permafrost_cci products for new applications
Expected outcomes of the workshop
- Assess the usability and performance of permafrost_cci products in various applications
- Identify of gaps and deficiencies of permafrost products specific to climate analysis needs
- Update and consolidate user requirements for the permafrost_cci products
- Provide recommendations for synergistic use and exploitation of permafrost products in the overall context of essential climate variables
Important dates
- Submission of presentation titles together with registration 10th of September
- Notification of acceptance of presentation and Agenda 16th of September
- Online registration deadline 24th of September
- First permafrost_cci user workshop (online) 27th of September, 14:00-18:00 CET
Scientific organizing committee
- Annett Bartsch (b.geos)
- Tazio Strozzi (Gamma)
- Sebastian Westermann (University Oslo)
- Guido Grosse (AWI)
- Reynald Delaloye (UNIFR)
- Frank Martin Seifert (ESA)
Further information
Annett Bartsch (annett.bartsch [at] bgeos.com) or Tazio Strozzi (strozzi [at] gamma-rs.ch)