Brief Communication: "An inventory of permafrost evidence for the European Alps".

The article presents a study which examines the permafrost distribution in the European Alps. The study develops a strategy for standardizing different local data sets which contain evidence of the absence as well as the presence of permafrost into an inventory, and analyzes the structure of the inventory. It is also noted that the collection of permafrost evidence offers information that can be used in improving the interpretation of monitoring results.