High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat HFSJG
Research project:  
Project name:Evolution of high mountain permafrost rockwalls (Jungfrau Ostgrat)
Year:2013
Title:Influences of the snowcover on thermal and mechanical processes in steep permafrost rockwalls
Name of research institute or organization:  WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Project leader:Dr. Marcia Phillips
Project team:Anna Haberkorn, Martin Hiller, Hansueli Rhyner, Robert Kenner, Martin Hiller, Marco Collet

Activity report:   Influences of the snowcover on thermal and mechanical processes in steep permafrost rockwalls
Key words:   mountain permafrost, thermal regime, active layer, rock walls, snow cover distribution, snow characteristics
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Collaborations:  
Address/contact:  
Address:WSL - Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung SLF
 Flüelastrasse 11
 CH-7260 Davos Dorf
Contact person:   Marcia Phillips
Tel.:+41 81 417 02 18
Fax.:+41 81 417 01 10
e-mail:phillips@slf.ch
URL:http://www.slf.ch

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