International Permafrost Association Task 1: Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) Inga May Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research International Permafrost Association Inga May Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research International Permafrost Association

International Permafrost Association Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost  Primary international programme for permafrost monitoring  Managed by the IPA under GCOS and GTOS  Consists of TSP (temperature) and CALM (active layer)

International Permafrost Association GTN-P Meetings 24th June, Salekhard -> Assignment of new EC 13th - 15th September, Akureyri -> Database structure

International Permafrost Association Governance Structure National Correspondents Executive Committee Observers Secretariat Executive Committee President: V. Romanovsky Philippe Schöneich Sharon Smith Dmitry Streletskiy Goncalo Vieira National Correspondents One per participating country Data submission Data and Database manager Individual Borehole Manager Data submission Individual Borehole Manager Individual researchers responsible for one or more boreholes Management & Organisation

International Permafrost Association Metadata Submission Parameter Submission Deadline IDeadline II Individual Borehole Manager National Correspondents Administrator Data Check Data Publication PERSON TASK Submission Process

International Permafrost Association There now is:  Governance Structure  Database (working soon semi-operational)  International standards  Personnel and Funding  Assignement of National Correspondences (NC)  Including Observers in the activities  Meeting in November 2012  Workshop spring 2013 with NC and observers Next Steps:

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