Permafrost Monitoring
The recent publication in “nature communication” titled "Permafrost is warming at the global scale" underscores the importance of monitoring permafrost, given its far-reaching impacts on the global carbon cycle, hydrology, contaminant movement, and ecosystem stability. Leveraging my expertise in geophysical monitoring and in collaboration with international scientists and geophysical enterprises I have developed a robust prototype for high-resolution subsurface exploration within several international research projects. My goal is to enable the dynamic assessment of active layer and quantitative analysis of ground ice in permafrost regions under climate change. In this context, I have been working on the development and testing of Automated- Electrical Resistivity Tomography (A-ERT) prototypes and processing tools in collaboration with several international institutes, and deploying them in monitoring sites across Antarctica, the Arctic, and various mountain areas worldwide. The data gathered from the network will allow for improved assessment of climate change impacts on permafrost dynamics and especially for its analysis with unprecedented temporal resolution.
Related publications:
Farzamian, M., Vieira, G., Monteiro Santos, F. A., Yaghoobi Tabar, B., Hauck, C., Paz, M. C., Bernando, I., Ramos, M., de Pablo, M. A. 2020. Detailed detection of active layer freeze–thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica), The Cryosphere, 14, 1105–1120, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1105-2020.
Related publications:
Farzamian, M., Vieira, G., Monteiro Santos, F. A., Yaghoobi Tabar, B., Hauck, C., Paz, M. C., Bernando, I., Ramos, M., de Pablo, M. A. 2020. Detailed detection of active layer freeze–thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica), The Cryosphere, 14, 1105–1120, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1105-2020.