/* 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, 2022/2023 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993893 (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: 2022-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2023-09-30T00:00:00 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] 2022 2023 3050 3000 0.004 -3.1 -750 1500 -2250 0.0062 -0.0093 2022 2023 3000 2950 0.044 -61.6 -1386 1478 -2864 0.0657 -0.1273 2022 2023 2950 2900 0.163 -261.9 -1605 1366 -2971 0.2229 -0.4848 2022 2023 2900 2850 0.149 -315.6 -2122 1290 -3412 0.1920 -0.5076 2022 2023 2850 2800 0.085 -200.7 -2358 1248 -3606 0.1063 -0.3070 2022 2023 2800 2750 0.111 -236.4 -2126 1548 -3674 0.1722 -0.4086 2022 2023 2750 2700 0.176 -412.4 -2348 1319 -3667 0.2318 -0.6442 2022 2023 2700 2650 0.030 -88.5 -2981 1460 -4441 0.0433 -0.1318 2022 2023 2650 2600 0.001 -1.2 -2250 1300 -3550 0.0007 -0.0019