Asiaq Misissueqqaarnerit Greenland Survey

Asiaq is a public enterprise owned by the Government of Greenland administered by the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Transport. Our annual turnover is around 4 million EURO, c. 50 % of which is a grant from the Government of Greenland, while the remainder originates from commissioned assignments and external funding. The organization includes about 30 employees, the majority of whom are natural scientists and technicians.

Asiaq operates all over Greenland, undertaking activities concerning the physical environment. Asiaq’s responsibilities include; mapping, geographic information, hydrology, climate, environment, land surveying, and geological investigation. Our Workshop maintains a large network of climate stations throughout Greenland. Asiaq collects relevant data from all over Greenland since the 1950s and is responsible for both data collection and storage. The grant from the Government of Greenland is used to collect, quality control and store all data on which we base our knowledge and advice. In addition, Asiaq offers to undertake related assignments for the government and other customers. Asiaq participates and have participated in a number of national and international projects of monitoring and research activities concerning the Arctic such as Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program GEM, the Program for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet PROMICE and the National Science Foundation funded project Permafrost Dynamics within the Northern Eurasia Region and Related Impacts on Surface and Sub-Surface Hydrology. Asiaq has participated as sub-contractor in the UV service for Greenland project as a part of the ESA programme Protocol Monitoring PROMOTE stage 2 under the GMES Services for Atmospheric Monitoring (ITT ESRIN/AO/1-5204/06/I-LG).

GAMMA Remote Sensing AG

GAMMA has significant experience in the development of microwave data based applications and hardware and as a “value-adding” company GAMMA offers related products and services and sells its commercial GAMMA Software. Gamma is Principal Investigator (PI) in the proposed project.

University of Oslo: Department of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, is among others one of the leading research institutions in the field of cold environments. The department was founded in 2003 from a set of institutes covering geophysics, geography, geology, hydrology, geohazards, meteorology and oceanography. Now, the department forms a highly interdisciplinary and integrated expert pool within a broad field of geosciences. The current project will mainly involve the science section of physical geography and hydrology, which covers remote sensing, geomatics, geoinformatics, glaciology, geomorphology, hydrology and related geohazards. Thus, the section represents a powerful combination of expertise for monitoring and modelling of glaciers and related hazards.

GUIO heads the permanent international working group GAPHAZ (hand-over of GAPHAZ lead on 1 Jan 2013 to partner UZH) and runs a number of related scientific projects.

University of Zurich: Glaciology & Geomorphodynamics Group - 3G

IUZ/UZH has long standing experience in high-mountain hazards and risks in many high-mountain regions around the world, including the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps, Pamir (Tajikistan), Caucasus, Himalaya, New Zealand Alps, Alaska, Mexico, and the South American Andes, with a particular focus on Peru. In these programs, GIUZ/UZH has collaborated with a wide range of institutions, from academic to several governmental and non-governmental institutions in the respective countries. GIUZ/UZH is particularly strong in applying earth observation data for the purpose of monitoring and risk reduction with a solid track record in many of the aforementioned regions.