Jamtalferner - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Jamtalferner
Short name
Jamtalferner
Country
Austria
Web Address
Umweltbildungsstelle Jamtal
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sc…
Adventure Museum Alpinarium in Galtür
Site Manager
Andrea Fischer
Site Description
The site is located at the main Alpine ridge in Silvretta group right at the border between Austria and Switzerland. Jamtalferner glacier and it's forefield is subject to scientific reseach for more than 100 years. Current monitoring includes climate, hydrology, glacier mass balance, permafrost, paleoglaciology, society and biotic succession in the periglacial area. In addition to that, several short time research projects are carried out, e.g. concerning glacier albedo. The site inlcudes the are from the highest peaks at 3384 m a.s.l. and the valley further down to the communities of Galtür and Ischgl (1263 m a.s.l.). More information can be found at the website of the environmental education program Jamtal www.umweltbildung-jamtal.info.
Last modified
2025-11-06 16:11:47

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1989
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Austria✖ (https://deims.org/5b93dfb3-906b-4ff4-a5fe-9a4948bda9eb)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
Teabag
Photos
Jamtalferner
Jamtalferner
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.954164 Longitude: 10.224291

Size
ca. 22520.00ha
Elevation (average)
2279.00msl
Elevation (min)
1263.00msl
Elevation (max)
3384.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
0.43°C
Precipitation Annual
1324.20mm
Landforms
Mountain
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Helicopter
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » Unknown number of places
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
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
footpath/trail
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Datasets available via the eLTER DAR
There is one dataset for this site available in the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR):To see more visit the eLTER DAR.
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.