Das Projekt "PERMOS: Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Zürich, Geographisches Institut durchgeführt. The Swiss network for permafrost monitoring documents the status and long-term variations of permafrost in the Swiss Alps. Borehole measurements together with ground temperature measurements in the area of the drill sites build the basis of the monitoring network. They are complemented by systematic observations of permafrost geomorphodynamics, which allows for an integral assessment of the permafrost state in the Swiss Alps. PERMOS is coordinated by the PERMOS Office and supervised by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). The measurements and site maintencance are undertaken by several partner institutions from academia. Within the international framework of permafrost monitoring and research, PERMOS is one of the components of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) that is currently being established within the worldwide climate-monitoring program(GCOS/GTOS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and others (FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, ICSI). In Switzerland, PERMOS complements the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network.