/* 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, 2020/2021 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993897 (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: 2020-10-01T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2021-09-30T00:00:00 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] 2020 2021 3050 3000 0.005 -1.2 -246 1700 -1946 0.0084 -0.0096 2020 2021 3000 2950 0.051 11.3 222 1678 -1456 0.0854 -0.0741 2020 2021 2950 2900 0.175 -59.8 -341 1687 -2028 0.2953 -0.3551 2020 2021 2900 2850 0.155 -110.0 -710 1672 -2382 0.2591 -0.3691 2020 2021 2850 2800 0.115 -125.4 -1088 1529 -2617 0.1761 -0.3015 2020 2021 2800 2750 0.142 -71.6 -505 1819 -2324 0.2582 -0.3298 2020 2021 2750 2700 0.196 -199.5 -1017 1616 -2633 0.3170 -0.5165 2020 2021 2700 2650 0.038 -56.4 -1471 1415 -2886 0.0542 -0.1106 2020 2021 2650 2600 0.001 -0.7 -726 1300 -2026 0.0012 -0.0019