Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Hartl, Lea; Seiser, Bernd; Bertolotti, Giulia; Gschwentner, Andreas; Fischer, Andrea: Meteorological data Weißseespitze/Austria, 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.982926 (dataset in review), In: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Seiser, Bernd; Fischer, Andrea (2022): Meteorological data Weißseespitze/Austria, 2017 et seq [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.939830
Abstract:
The meteorological data were recorded at Weißseespitze (3500 m) in the Ötztal Alps/Austria during the FWF project Cold Ice, P 29256-N36. This is the raw data as recorded, without quality control and without error corrections. Please be aware that before using the data the quality control is a necessary step before using the data in a scientific context. For example, at this high elevation site the albedo values recorded together with the radiation components contain values out of the range 0-1 because in the morning the sun directly shines into the lower sensors of the Hukseflux instruments which are designed to capture the reflected radiation. The AWS (Automatic Weather Station) was installed in October 2017 (46°50'46.56N, 10°43'4.59E, 3499 m) and mainly consists of Campbell Scientific (CS) components and a CR3000 data logger. Records of air temperature and humidity (Rotronic-HC2S3), air pressure (CS106 Vaisala PTB110), wind speed and direction (Young-05103-45), the energy balance (Hukseflux-NR01), snow accumulation and ice ablation by sonic ranging sensor (CS-SR50a) and ice temperatures in four different depths (CS225) are taken every minute and stored on ten-minute intervals with a UTC timestamp.
The CS225 ice temperature sensors were initially installed at depths of -1m, -2m, -6m and -9m with reference to the 2017 ice surface as zero. The actual sensor depth thus depends on the ice ablation at the surface since 2017.
Snow height is calculated as the difference between the SR50a instrument height and the measured distance to the surface. The instrument height is corrected and applied to the logger program regularly.
Related to:
Baldo, Anna (2024): Surface energy balance and melt events at Weißseespitze ice core site [thesis]. MSc Thesis Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. Innsbruck, https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:1-150273
Fischer, Andrea; Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Frey, Martin; Bohleber, Pascal (2022): Contemporary mass balance on a cold Eastern Alpine ice cap as a potential link to the Holocene climate. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1331, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04699-2
Hartl, Lea; Covi, Federico; Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Baldo, Anna; Fugazza, Davide; Di Mauro, Biagio; Naegeli, Kathrin (preprint): Loss of accumulation zone exposes dark ice and drives increased ablation at Weißseespitze, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-384
Other version:
Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Baldo, Anna; Hartl, Lea; Seiser, Bernd; Bertolotti, Giulia; Gschwentner, Andreas; Fischer, Andrea: Processed and quality flagged meteorological data Weißseespitze/Austria, 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983925
Funding:
Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant/award no. ESP250: Glacier Albedo: In-situ processes & remote sensing footprints
Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant/award no. FWF P 34399 - N: (C)old.Ice- Insights into late Holocene Alpine climate
Coverage:
Latitude: 46.846267 * Longitude: 10.717942
Date/Time Start: 2022-10-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-09-30T23:50:00
Minimum HEIGHT above ground: 2.5 m * Maximum HEIGHT above ground: 2.5 m
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Comment:
Drilling/repositioning of the Station:
31 October 2017: initial installation of the weather station
01 October 2019: repositioned
Major data gaps occurred during the following time periods:
12 November 2018-29 November 2018: malfunctioning
5 January 2019 - 16 January 2019: malfunctioning
30 August 2019 - 1 October 2019: the station progressively tilted and eventually fell over.
5 June - 21 June 2024: loss of power, solar panel under snow
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
879148 data points
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