Citation:

PANGAEA.821517

Name: Glacier mass balance Übergossene Alm, Austria, 1965-1975
Published: 2013-10-31
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Glaciers Austria

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Keyword(s):

Glaciers Austria

Related to:

Goldberger, Josef (1986): Gletscherhaushalt und klimatische Umwelt des Hochköniggletschers 1965-1975. Wissenschaftliche Alpenvereinshefte, 28, 63 pp, hdl:10013/epic.42564.d001

Goldberger, Josef; Laussermair, Franz; Hoffmann, Franz (2006): 40 Jahre Gletscherforschung am Hochkönig 1965-2005. Report of the Austrian Alpine Club, Sektion Salzburg und Werfen, hdl:10013/epic.42565.d001

Coverage:

Latitude: 47.383300 * Longitude: 13.133300

Date/Time Start: 1965-10-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1974-10-01T00:00:00

Event(s):

Uebergossene_Alm (SA 160/1) * Latitude: 47.383300 * Longitude: 13.133300 * Location: Hochkönig, Austrian Alps * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Comment:

The mass balance at the glacier Übergossene Alm has been measured with the direct/glaciological method during the Hydrological Decade IHD 1965-1975. The Übergossene Alm glacier (also: Hochköniggletscher) is a flat plateau glacier located between 2860 and 2480 m a.s.l. in the Northern Limestone Alps which showed signifcant retreat in the last decades.

At Übergossene Alm, the intensive monitoring during the IHD included meteorological and hydrological measurements as well as ice thickness measurements. Until 1996, snow heights and surface elevation changes have been measured, which have been used to estimate mass balance. The surveys have been stopped as the glacier disintegrated in several smaller parts.

Measuring mass balance at Übergossene Alm has been sophisticated, as the total area of this flat glacier was accumulation area in some years and ablation area in others. In addition to that, the glacier surface is exposed to wind drift, so that finding stable ablation or accumulation patterns for placing ablation stakes or snow pits have been difficult.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time			Geocode
2	Date/time end	Date/time end		Goldberger, Josef
3	Accumulation area	Sc	km²	Goldberger, Josef
4	Mass balance in accumulation area	Bc	10⁶ m³	Goldberger, Josef
5	Specific mass balance in the accumulation area	bc	kg/m²	Goldberger, Josef
6	Ablation area	Sa	km²	Goldberger, Josef
7	Mass balance in ablation area	Ba	10⁶ m³	Goldberger, Josef
8	Specific mass balance in the ablation area	ba	kg/m²	Goldberger, Josef
9	Total area	S	km²	Goldberger, Josef
10	Mass balance, total	B	10⁶ m³	Goldberger, Josef
11	Specific mass balance	b	kg/m²	Goldberger, Josef
12	Equilibrium line altitude	ELA	m a.s.l.	Goldberger, Josef
13	Accumulation area ratio	AAR		Goldberger, Josef

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

116 data points

Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Date/time end	3 Sc [km²]	4 Bc [10⁶ m³]	5 bc [kg/m²]	6 Sa [km²]	7 Ba [10⁶ m³]	8 ba [kg/m²]	9 S [km²]	10 B [10⁶ m³]	11 b [kg/m²]	12 ELA [m a.s.l.]	13 AAR
1965-10-01	1966-09-30	1.65	0.439	270	0.09	-0.017	-20	1.74	-0.422	240		0.95
1966-10-01	1967-09-30	1.15	0.202	176	0.59	-0.102	-170	1.74	0.100	60	2750	0.66
1967-10-01	1968-09-30	0.58	0.107	180	1.16	-0.278	-240	1.74	-0.171	-100	2820	0.33
1968-10-01	1969-09-30	0.67	0.103	160	1.07	-0.205	-190	1.74	-0.102	-60	2800	0.39
1969-10-01	1970-09-30	0.95	0.213	220	0.79	-0.268	-340	1.74	-0.055	-30	2790	0.55
1970-10-01	1971-09-30	0.00	0.000	0	1.74	-1.200	-690	1.74	-1.200	-690		0.00
1971-10-01	1972-09-30	0.19	0.038	20	1.36	-0.639	-370	1.55	-0.601	-340	2850	0.11
1972-10-01	1973-09-30	0.00	0.000	0	1.71	1.472	-860	1.71	-1.472	-860		0.00
1973-10-01	1974-09-30	1.74	0.995	550	0.00	0.000	0	1.74	0.995	550	2650	1.00
1974-10-01	1975-09-30	0.00	0.000	0	1.74	-0.900	-520	1.74	-0.900	-520		0.00