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Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Wiesenegger, Hans; Abermann, Jakob; Hynek, Bernhard; Fischer, Andrea (2012): The glacier inventory of Salzburg, Austria, 2007/2009 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806713, Supplement to: Stocker-Waldhuber, M et al. (2012): A new glacier inventory of the province of Salzburg, Austria 2007/2009. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 43/44, 121-128

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Abstract:
A third glacier inventory (GI3) is presented for the province of Salzburg where 173 glaciers are located in the seven mountain ranges: Ankogel (47°4'N, 13°14'E), Glockner, Granatspitz, Sonnblick (Goldberg), Hochkönig, Venediger and Zillertal (47°8'N, 12°7'E). The basis for the new GI3 are orthophotos of 2007 and 2009 and the digital elevation model (DEM) of the southern part of Salzburg. On the basis of former inventories, area- and volume changes have been calculated. The biggest relative loss of glacier area per mountain range was found in the Ankogel range and on Hochkönig as a result of the disrupted structure of their small and thin glaciers. In terms of absolute values, the largest changes took place in the Glockner- and Venediger range with an area loss of -10.1 km**2 and -9.7 km**2 during the period between GI1 (1969) and GI3 (2007/2009), respectively. Volume changes have been calculated for nearly half of the glacier area in Salzburg, where DEMs were available. The Glockner, Granatspitz and Sonnblick mountain ranges showed a volume loss of -0.481 km**3 which corresponds to a mean thickness change of -10.5 m. An extrapolation of these changes to all of the 173 glaciers in Salzburg results in a loss of about 1.04 km**3 between GI1 and GI3 and 0.44 km**3 between GI2 and GI3. Overall annual changes in the province of Salzburg between GI2 and GI3 were higher than between GI1 and GI2 and show likewise changes such as those of Tyrol.
Keyword(s):
Glaciers Austria
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 47.135714 * Median Longitude: 12.717143 * South-bound Latitude: 47.050000 * West-bound Longitude: 12.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.420000 * East-bound Longitude: 13.250000
Event(s):
Ankogel * Latitude: 47.050000 * Longitude: 13.250000 * Location: Eastern Alps
Glockner * Latitude: 47.070000 * Longitude: 12.690000 * Location: Eastern Alps
Granatspitz * Latitude: 47.120000 * Longitude: 12.590000 * Location: Eastern Alps
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEvent
2File sizeFile sizekByteFischer, Andrea
3Uniform resource locator/link to fileURL fileFischer, AndreaArcGIS shapefile, zip-archive
Size:
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