Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
The Cryosphere, 16, 2595–2615, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2595-2022
The Cryosphere, 16, 2595–2615, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2595-2022
Research article
28 Jun 2022
Research article | 28 Jun 2022

Towards accurate quantification of ice content in permafrost of the Central Andes – Part 2: An upscaling strategy of geophysical measurements to the catchment scale at two study sites

Tamara Mathys et al.

Data sets

Towards accurate quantification of ice content in permafrost of the Central Andes, part I: geophysics-based estimates from three different regions Christin Hilbich, Christian Hauck, Coline Mollaret, Pablo Wainstein, and Lukas U. Arenson https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6543493

Short summary
With ongoing climate change, there is a pressing need to understand how much water is stored as ground ice in permafrost. Still, field-based data on permafrost in the Andes are scarce, resulting in large uncertainties regarding ground ice volumes and their hydrological role. We introduce an upscaling methodology of geophysical-based ground ice quantifications at the catchment scale. Our results indicate that substantial ground ice volumes may also be present in areas without rock glaciers.