LTSER Platform Oberes Paznaun - Austria

Basic Information
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Site Name
LTSER Platform Oberes Paznaun
Short name
Platform Oberes Paznaun
Country
Austria
Web Address
Umweltbildungsstelle Jamtal
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sc…
Adventure Museum Alpinarium in Galtür
Verein Gletscher und Klima
Site Manager
Andrea Fischer
Site Description
The LTSER platform Oberes Paznaun includes the communities of Ischgl and Galtür (225 km²), and covers an elevation range from 1263 to 3384 m.a.sl.. The village of Galtür is one of the highest permanently inhabited places in the Alps. Fluchthorn, the highest peak of the largely glacier-covered Silvretta, was taken down by about 30m in 2023, when a major rock fall occurred as a result of reducing permafrost. Both the effects of climate and those of land use change affect the very sensitive livelihoods in the are, exposed as they are to natural hazards, such as avalanches, rock fall and floods. The region was economically weak until winter tourism boomed from the 1970s. Skiing as dominant source of income now has an impact on land ...
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2024-05-07 08:05:55

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Planned
Year Established
2024
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterwater parameterecosystem parameterlandscape parameterchemical parameterenvironmental parameterremote sensing parameteragricultural parameterbiological parametergenetic parameterphysical parameterairhumidityairspecifichumidityairtemperatureatmosphericpressuredaylightlengthdewpointdiffuseradiationintensitydiffusereflectancediffusesolarradiationintensitydirectradiationintensityfrostpointglobalradiationirradianceheatfluxincomingradiationintensitylongwaveradiationmaximumtemperaturemeanannualairtemperaturemeanannualprecipitationmeanannualtemperatureminimumtemperaturenetfarinfraredradiationirradiancenetradiationirradiancenetsolarradiationirradianceprecipitationintensityreflectedglobalradiationirradiancereflectedradiationintensityrelativehumiditysnowdepthsnowwaterequivalentsolarradiationsunshinedurationtotalradiationirradiancevaporpressurewinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)ammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphoruscarbondioxideconcentrationconductivitydissolvedorganiccarboninwaterdissolvedorganicnitrogendissolvedorganicphosphorusrainfallvariabilityrivertemperaturerunoffamountsedimentationratesnowcoversnowdepthsnowwaterequivalentsurfacerunoffwaterdepthwaterlevelwaterqualitywatersalinitywatertemperaturewatervolumefloristiccompositionforestcoverheatflowlandcovertypelatentheatplantcoverplantdensityplantdistributionplantdiversityplantspeciesabundanceplantspeciescompositionplantspeciespresenceplantspeciesrichnesspopulationchangesovertimepopulationdensitypopulationsizespecieslisttreeagevegetationpatternlandcoverlanduselanduseintensitylandusepatternlandscapecompositionlandscapeconfigurationlandscapeconnectivitylandscapefragmentationlandscapeheterogeneitylandscapemetricslandscapepatternlandscapestructurepatchdensitypatchsizesurfaceareachemicalcompositionchemicalcompositionofwaterpHvalueofwateraltitudinalgradientlandsurfacetemperaturesnowdepthalbedosoilalbedovegetationreflectancesurfaceairtemperaturebiologicaldiversityDNAsequencecanopyheight
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW)✖ (148)The affiliation of this site with "Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)✖ (WGMS_ID:480)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_014)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
Teabag
Photos
Jamtalferner
Jamtalferner
Geographic
10 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.877771 Longitude: 10.168362

Size
ca. 22520.00ha
Elevation (average)
2279.00msl
Elevation (min)
1263.00msl
Elevation (max)
3381.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Forest
Lakes
Urban
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
Valley
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
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
LTSER