/* 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, 2019/20208 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993894 (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: 2019-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2020-09-30T00:00:00 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] 2019 2020 3050 3000 0.005 0.6 125 1782 -1657 0.0089 -0.0083 2019 2020 3000 2950 0.051 5.1 101 1744 -1643 0.0888 -0.0837 2019 2020 2950 2900 0.175 -14.6 -84 1729 -1813 0.3028 -0.3174 2019 2020 2900 2850 0.155 -63.3 -402 1773 -2175 0.2746 -0.3379 2019 2020 2850 2800 0.115 -98.2 -853 1694 -2547 0.1951 -0.2933 2019 2020 2800 2750 0.142 -69.3 -488 2019 -2507 0.2867 -0.3560 2019 2020 2750 2700 0.196 -196.7 -1003 1742 -2745 0.3418 -0.5385 2019 2020 2700 2650 0.038 -74.4 -1940 1403 -3343 0.0538 -0.1282 2019 2020 2650 2600 0.001 -2.1 -2300 1105 -3405 0.0010 -0.0031