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The PermaSense Consortium

Matter Valley

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Towering above the Matter Valley field side are Nadelgrat, Dom and Taeschhorn. View from above the Randa rockfall (Grossgufer).

 

The objective of the field site on the orographic right side of the Matter valley above Herbriggen/Randa is to investigate different types and scales of mass movements. The  study area spreads from the Breithorn/Gugla area in the north all the way to the Grabengufer in the south. At present it is our largest field site. The aim of our measurements there is to quantify the velocities of various movements types in seasonal and perennial frozen debris slopes and rock glaciers. For this purpose we are using L1-GPS devices mounted on top of prominent boulders tracking their position continuously as well as high-resolution cameras.

 

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Sensor positions in the whole Matter Valley fieldsite: Randa, Dirruhorn and Grabengufer
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Sensor positions in the Dirruhorn fieldsite

Matter Valley Sensor Inventory

  • PermaSense L1-GPS Loggers (Positions 14-18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 44, 43, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64)
  • PermaSense Wireless L1-GPS Sensors (Positions 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 39, 41, 66, 67, 70)
  • Crackmeter, Stump Forapot (Position 65)
  • Webcams (Position 11, 60, 61)
  • High-resolution cameras, Nikon D300s 10-24mm/F 3.5-4.5 (Position 66, 67)
  • High-resolution camera robot, Nikon D300s 300mm/F 5.5 (Position 59)
  • Weather sensors, Vaisala WXT520 (Position 13, 42)