PermaFrance Deux Alpes - France

Basic Information
Site Name
PermaFrance Deux Alpes
Short name
2Alpes-3065
Country
France
Web Address
PermaFRANCE Observatory
Operating Organisation
PermaFRANCE
Site Manager
Philippe Schoeneich
Site Description
Upper part of the Deux-Alpes ski resort, Est of Grenoble in the French Alps. Area of glacially eroded gneiss bedrock, with some limestone cover remnants. Part of the area is underlain by permafrost, and the site includes one rockglacier (rockglacier Bellecombes). Many infrastructures (cable cars, dirt roads, ski tracks) partly on permafrost. One chairlift end station on the rockglacier.
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2024-03-04 12:03:16

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2007
Observed properties
soil parametersoiltemperature
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)✖The affiliation of this site with "Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
PermaFrance
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45 Longitude: 6.19166

Size
ca. 600.00ha
Elevation (average)
3000.00msl
Elevation (min)
2650.00msl
Elevation (max)
3200.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops (H3)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops (H3) » Almost bare rock pavements, including limestone pavements (H3.5)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4) » Rock glaciers and unvegetated ice-dominated moraines (H4.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-1.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1000.00mm
Geology
Area of glacially eroded gneiss, with very smooth topography ("fjell" landscape). Some remnants of limestone cover. On top: in situ frost shattered bedrock. Some scree slopes.
Vegetation
Very sparse vegetation
Hydrology
Almost no surface runoff. No glacier cover during Little Ice Age and probably whole Holocene. Large ice-cap like glacier just above site (Glacier de Mont-de-Lans).
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
cable car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
365
Maintenance Interval
365
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Data Policy Notes
Borehole temperature monitoring data available free on-line on the GTN-P database. Other data on request.
Data Policy URL
http://gtnpdatabase.org/
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.