PermaFrance Aiguille du Midi - France

Basic Information
Site Name
PermaFrance Aiguille du Midi
Short name
AdM
Country
France
Web Address
PermaFRANCE Observatory
Operating Organisation
PermaFRANCE
Site Manager
Ludovic Ravanel
Site Description
High mountain granite peak at 3750 m above Chamonix, in the French Alps. The site dominates a glacial environment, with the Vallée Blanche-Mer de Glace to the Est and North. The site is made of two peaks: the Western peak is accessible by cable car, whereas the monitoring activities are performed on the Central peak.
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Last modified
2024-03-04 12:03:30

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2005
Observed properties
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
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45.878403 Longitude: 6.887625

Size
ca. 0.10ha
Elevation (average)
3750.00msl
Elevation (min)
3600.00msl
Elevation (max)
3845.00msl
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Site information [.json]

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) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-8.00°C
Precipitation Annual
3000.00mm
Geology
Mont Banc granite
Vegetation
No vegetation.
Hydrology
No liquid water. Surrounded by glaciers.
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
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
cable car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
180
Maintenance Interval
180
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Data Policy Notes
Borehole data available on-line for free on the GTN-P database. Other data on request.
Data Policy URL
http://gtnpdatabase.org/
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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

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