International Scientific Cooperation

Permafrost in the USA basin: distribution, characterization, dynamics and effects on infrastructure

BRIEF PREHISTORY OF PROJECT

Research conducted in the Usa basin under the EC-funded TUNDRA project (described in this brochure) revealed an urgent need to explicitly include the permafrost component. Permafrost which was highly dynamic in the region of interest had to be taken into account in hydrological modeling, studying treeline dynamics and other TUNDRA tasks. Therefore, PERUSA project had been developed.

DATES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT

1997-2000

FUNDING ORGANIZATION

INTAS foundation (under the grant INTAS Open 97-10984)

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Dr. Peter Kuhry (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland)

RESPONSIBLE SCIENTISTS

Prof. Dr. L. Hacquebord, Dr. Naum Oberman, Dr. Galina Mazhitova, Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky

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