/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Gschwentner, Andreas; Bertolotti, Giulia; Seiser, Bernd; Hartl, Lea; Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin; Wiesenegger, Hans; Fischer, Andrea (2026): Elevation zones of Stubacher Sonnblickkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2018/2019 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993891 (DOI registration in progress), In: Gschwentner, A et al. (2026): Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Stubacher Sonnblickkees from direct glaciological measurements, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2017/2018 et seq [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993864 (DOI registration in progress) Abstract: The annual glacier surface mass balance of Stubacher Sonnblickkees (Hohe Tauern) has been measured since 2017 using the direct glaciological method in the fixed date system (1st October to 30th September of the following year; the accumulation during the winter is determined by 30th April). Snow accumulation is determined by calculating the water equivalent in snow pits and soundings, while ice melt is measured using ablation stakes. Results include the annual net mass balance, total accumulation and ablation, equilibrium line altitude and the specific mass balances per year and per winter- and summer season. Keyword(s): Glaciers Austria Coverage: LATITUDE: 47.131940 * LONGITUDE: 12.587220 DATE/TIME START: 2018-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2019-09-30T00:00:00 Event(s): Sonnblickkees (SSK) * LATITUDE: 47.131940 * LONGITUDE: 12.587220 * LOCATION: Stubacher Sonnblick, Hohe Tauern, Austria (URI: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubacher_Sonnblick) * METHOD/DEVICE: Sampling/measurements on glacier (GLAC) Parameter(s): DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) * COMMENT: Begin DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) * COMMENT: End Elevation, maximum [m a.s.l.] (Elev max) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Elevation, minimum [m a.s.l.] (Elev min) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Total area of the altitude zone [km**2] (SaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Mass balance, total of the altitude zone [10**3 m**3] (BaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Specific mass balance of the altitude zone [kg/m**2] (baZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Specific mass balance of the altitude zone, winter [kg/m**2] (bwaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Specific mass balance of the altitude zone, summer [kg/m**2] (bsaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Mass balance, total of the altitude zone, winter [10**6 kg] (BwaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) Specific mass balance of the altitude zone, summer [kg/m**2] (bsaZ) * PI: Stocker-Waldhuber, Martin (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1592-8173, martin.stocker-waldhuber@oeaw.ac.at) License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Status: Curation Level: Enhanced curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels) Size: 81 data points */ Date/Time (Begin) Date/Time (End) Elev max [m a.s.l.] Elev min [m a.s.l.] SaZ [km**2] BaZ [10**3 m**3] baZ [kg/m**2] bwaZ [kg/m**2] bsaZ [kg/m**2] BwaZ [10**6 kg] bsaZ [kg/m**2] 2018 2019 3050 3000 0.005 -1.2 -250 1716 -1966 0.0085 -0.0097 2018 2019 3000 2950 0.051 5.1 101 1679 -1578 0.0839 -0.0788 2018 2019 2950 2900 0.175 -45.4 -259 1947 -2206 0.3409 -0.3863 2018 2019 2900 2850 0.155 -115.7 -747 2011 -2758 0.3115 -0.4272 2018 2019 2850 2800 0.115 -150.0 -1303 1879 -3182 0.2164 -0.3664 2018 2019 2800 2750 0.142 -84.2 -593 2038 -2631 0.2893 -0.3735 2018 2019 2750 2700 0.196 -216.2 -1102 1783 -2885 0.3498 -0.5660 2018 2019 2700 2650 0.038 -95.4 -2490 1613 -4103 0.0618 -0.1572 2018 2019 2650 2600 0.001 -1.6 -1758 1500 -3258 0.0014 -0.0030