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Topic . Environment & climate
Permafrost and ground ice
Permafrost and ground ice monitoring tracks thaw, active-layer change, thermokarst risk, and surface deformation from local infrastructure corridors to circumpolar grids.[1][2]
InSAR is the primary EO method for thaw-related ground ice loss because freeze-thaw and ice melt appear as heave, subsidence, or creep at the surface.[2][3]
Thermal infrared, snow and land-cover products, passive microwave freeze-thaw indicators, and SAR provide complementary constraints, while subsurface ice content remains an inferred condition.[1][2]
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Sources
- [1]ESA Climate Change Initiative Permafrost ECV projectagency doc2026-05-27
- [2]ESA summary of permafrost monitoring from space reviewagency doc2026-05-27
- [3]NASA-ISRO SAR permafrost applications overviewagency doc2026-05-27
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Permafrost and ground ice. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/permafrost (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:topics:permafrost,
title = {Permafrost and ground ice},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/permafrost}
}