On Samoylov Island in north-west Siberia, we operated three automatic stations (Samoylov Ground and Climate Station, Polygon Sea Station, open eddy covariance system) until 2021. In addition, a closed eddy covariance system was operated during the summer months.

On the west coast of Spitsbergen, in and close to the town Ny-Ålesund we operate one automatic station (Bayelva soil and climate station). Additionally, we installed an Eddy Covariance System in Spring 2007.

Here you can find out more about the methods.

Read more about the Ny-Alesund Station.

Trail Valley Creek is located around 50 km North of Inuvik in the North-Western Territories in Canada.

It is the testsite for the research project PermaSAR and the main focus is on landsurface subsidence or heave caused by permafrost processes such as thawing and freezing.

Field campaigns are conducted in collaboration with the University of Heidelberg and the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada.

The Polar Bear Pass wetland area on Bathurst Island (75°40'N, 98°30'W) is the second largest wetland in the Canadian High Arctic with an area of 20 x 5 km². The wetland is a mosaic of land types comprising ponds, lakes and zones of dry ground that alternate with wet areas in a range of only a few meters.

Our research at Polar Bear Pass aims to identify key surface paramaters for the quantification of energy and water fluxes at the regional scale via aerial pictures and satellite data. Methods include the operation of two automatic soil stations, high-resolution aerial photography with a kite, spectrometry and ground-penetrating radar.