Escher-Vetter, Heidi; Braun, Ludwig N; Weber, Markus; Mayer, Christoph (2015): Glacier mass balance Vernagtferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 1889-2010 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853832, Supplement to: Escher-Vetter, Heidi (2015): 400 Jahre Feldforschung am Vernagtferner (Ötztal, Österreich) (400 years of field research on Vernagtferner (Oetztal Alps, Austria)). In: Lozán, José L.; Grassl, Hartmut; Kasang, Dieter; Notz, Dirk & Escher-Vetter, Heidi (Hrsg.): Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen. Warnsignal Klima: Das Eis der Erde, 146-154, https://doi.org/10.2312/warnsignal.klima.eis-der-erde.22
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Abstract:
In this article, methods and results are presented for the analysis of the behaviour of an alpine glacier, the Vernagtferner, Oetztal Alps, Austria. Since 1601, the advances and retreats of Vernagtferner are documented and analysed with rising temporal and spa- tial precision. Early pictorial documents (from 1601 to 1844), high-resolution maps since 1889, mass balance investigations with the glaciological method since 1964 and meteorological-hydrological records and models since 1974 deliver, with increasing temporal resolution, a consistent pattern of the continual ice loss of this glacier over more than 30 years.
Related to:
Escher-Vetter, Heidi; Braun, Ludwig N; Siebers, Matthias (2014): Hydrological and meteorological records from the Vernagtferner Basin - Vernagtbach station, for the years 2002 to 2012. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.829530
Escher-Vetter, Heidi; Oerter, Hans; Reinwarth, Oskar; Braun, Ludwig N; Weber, Markus (2012): Hydrological and meteorological records from the Vernagtferner Basin - Vernagtbach station, for the years 1970 to 2001. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775113
Reinwarth, Oskar; Braun, Ludwig N; Mayer, Christoph (2015): Characteristics of the Vernagtferner mass balance for the period from 1964 to 2014. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Kommission für Erdmessungen und Glaziologie, München, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.854639
Weber, Markus; Escher-Vetter, Heidi (2014): Meteorological records from the Vernagtferner basin - Gletschermitte Station, for the years 1968 to 1987. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832562
Coverage:
Latitude: 46.871000 * Longitude: 10.823000
Date/Time Start: 1889-06-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-06-30T00:00:00
Event(s):
Vernagtferner * Latitude: 46.871000 * Longitude: 10.823000 * Location: Vernagtferner, Ötztaler Alpen, Austria * Method/Device: Sampling/measurements on glacier (GLAC)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Mayer, Christoph | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Total area | S | km2 | Mayer, Christoph | Calculated | of glacier |
| 3 | Area | Area | % | Mayer, Christoph | Calculated | relative to catchment area Pegelstation Vernagtbach = 11.441 km**2 |
| 4 | Glacier mass | Glac m | 109 kg | Mayer, Christoph | Calculated | |
| 5 | Mass change | Mass chn | % | Mayer, Christoph | Calculated | of glacier relative to 1845 = 900 10**9 kg |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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