/* 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, 2024/2025 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993892 (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: 2024-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2025-09-30T00:00:00 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: 72 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] 2024 2025 3050 3000 0.004 -8.7 -2250 1300 -3550 0.0050 -0.0137 2024 2025 3000 2950 0.032 -53.7 -1672 1166 -2838 0.0374 -0.0911 2024 2025 2950 2900 0.149 -292.9 -1971 1149 -3120 0.1707 -0.4636 2024 2025 2900 2850 0.121 -292.1 -2418 1204 -3622 0.1454 -0.4375 2024 2025 2850 2800 0.049 -130.4 -2652 1277 -3929 0.0628 -0.1932 2024 2025 2800 2750 0.080 -187.8 -2343 661 -3004 0.0530 -0.2408 2024 2025 2750 2700 0.159 -396.8 -2500 348 -2848 0.0552 -0.4520 2024 2025 2700 2650 0.019 -62.8 -3250 0 -3250 0.0000 -0.0628