Glacier Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner, Oetztal Alps, Austria

Experiment
Summary
The annual glacier mass balance of Kesselwandferner in the Oetztal Alps is measured since 1.10.1952 with the direct glaciological method in the fixed date system (1.10. to 30. 09. of the following year). The mass balance is measured with about 10 stakes. Results are the annual net mass balance in kg, the total accumulation and ablation, the glacier area and the portions of the area which are subject to ablation and accumulation, the elevation of the equilibrium line and the specific mass balance in kg m-2 (= mm w.e.). The project homepage is located at imgi.uibk.ac.at.
The project currently is funded by the Commission for Geophysical Sciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and carried out by the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Innsbruck.
Project
GLACIER_MONITORING_AUSTRIA (Glacier monitoring data of Austria)
Location(s)
alpine region
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 2 to 43 Latitude 43 to 49 Altitude: -6.98 m to 10 hPa
Temporal Coverage
2150-01-01 to 2655-12-31 (calendrical, arbitrary numbered years)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Size
376.00 KiB (385024 Byte)
Format
XLS
Status
metadata only
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Is documented by

[1] Hoinkes, H. (1970). Methoden und Moeglichkeiten von Massenhaushaltsstudien auf Gletschern. http://www.literature.at/alo?objid=1021565
[2] Kuhn, M.; Dreiseitl, E.; Kaser, G.; Markl, G.; Nickus, U.; Obleitner, F.; Pellet, F.; Rott, H.; Schneider, H.; Wagner, H.P. (1987). Arbeiten des Institutes fuer Meteorologie und Geophysik der Universitaet Innsbruck im IHP 1975-1980. Eis- Wasser- und Waermehaushalt des Hintereisferners im Rofental bei Vent in Tirol waehrend der Jahre 1975-1980. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ArchivLagerst-GBA_8_0043-0055.pdf
[3] Kuhn, M.; Markl, G.; Kaser, G.; Nickus, U.; Obleitner, F.; Schneider, H. (1985). Fluctuations of climate and mass balance: Different responses of two adjacent glaciers. https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45261/

Is variant form of

[1] Fischer, A.; Markl, G. (2009). Mass balance measurements on Hintereisferner, Kesselwandferner and Jamtalferner 2003 to 2006: database and results.
[2] DOI Fischer, A.; Markl, G.; Olefs, M.; Reingruber, K.; Helfricht, K.; Stocker-Waldhuber, M. (2009). Untersuchungen des Massenhaushalts der Jahre 2006/07 und 2007/08: Hintereisferner, Kesselwandferner, Jamtalferner, Mullwitzkees, Hallstaetter Gletscher. doi:10.2312/MB_HEF_KWF_JTF_MW_HS_2006_2008

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