Mazia-Matsch Alpine - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Mazia-Matsch Alpine
Short name
Matsch proglacial
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy website
Proglacial Area Research Site
Operating Organisation
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
European Academy of Bolzano (Eurac research)
Site Manager
Harald Crepaz
Georg Niedrist
Site Description
Proglacial area of the Matsch/Mazia glacier
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2025-07-08 12:07:52

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2011
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_101)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.776376 Longitude: 10.696478

Size
ca. 0.10ha
Elevation (average)
2500.00msl
Elevation (min)
2350.00msl
Elevation (max)
2800.00msl
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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)
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) » Rock glaciers and unvegetated ice-dominated moraines (H4.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.00°C
Precipitation Annual
10.00mm
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 » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Externally Available Datasets 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.
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Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

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