Kleineiserkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Kleineiserkees
Short name
KLE
Country
Austria
Operating Organisation
University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics
Site Manager
Dr. Bernhard Zagel
Site Description
The Kleineiserkees has disintegrated into two small cirque glaciers in the 2010s. They are located in the western Glocknergruppe in the upper Stubach Valley.
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Last modified
2023-08-28 02:08:04

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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_006)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: 47.145944 Longitude: 12.667429

Elevation (average)
2700.00msl
Elevation (min)
2640.00msl
Elevation (max)
2820.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
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
sub-catchment within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Equipment notes
The Mountain Hotel Rudolfshütte is 3.5 Hours hiking away from the site. The Hotel is reachable by the Weisssee Cabel car.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
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
Related External Resources
There is a total of 1 datasets for this site available on the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR). Click here to get an overview of these datasets.
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.