Unteres Riffelkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Unteres Riffelkees
Short name
Riffelkees
Country
Austria
Site Manager
Dr. Bernhard Zagel
Site Description
Reconstituted glacier by ice avalanches from Oberes Riffelkees(Totenlöcher). The Untere Riffelkees is a heavyly debris covered glacier tongue(Bergsturz around 1906). The glaicer is situated in the western Glocknergruppe in the upper Stubach Valley.
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Last modified
2023-07-24 13:07:53

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1960
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)✖The affiliation of this site with "World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER Austria✖ (LTER_EU_AT_023_004)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.1333 Longitude: 12.655

Size
ca. 54.00ha
Elevation (average)
2600.00msl
Elevation (min)
2300.00msl
Elevation (max)
2800.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Snow or ice-dominated habitats (H4) » Ice caps and true glaciers (H4.2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-0.30°C
Precipitation Annual
2415.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » GMS/UMTS
Equipment notes
The Mountain Hotel Rudolfshütte is 2 Hours hiking away from the site. The Hotel is reachable by the Weisssee Cabel car.
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
365
Maintenance Interval
365
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.