Hintereisferner - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Hintereisferner
Short name
HEF
Country
Austria
Web Address
http://imgi.uibk.ac.at/research/ice-and-climate/projects/hef
Site Manager
Lindsey Nicholson
Georg Kaser
Site Description
Hintereisferner (glacier) is located at the end of Rofen valley between 2500 and 3750 m altitude. The glacier is situated in Naturpark Ötztal, and one of the glaciers with longest records of glacier mass balance worldwide. In addition to that, a number of hydrological and meteorological observations complete the data base. Currently, 3 weather stations and 6 rain gauges provide data. Topographic and land cover data are available, in the recent years on an annual base. The area is used for Alpine tourism (but without a hut in the basin), for limited hunting and growing a few sheeps.
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Last modified
2023-07-24 11:07:40

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1894
Observed properties
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.
INTERACT✔ (https://www.interact-gis.org/Home/Station/28)This site is a verified "INTERACT" member.
LTER Austria✖ (LTER_EU_AT_042_003)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.7893411 Longitude: 10.7667

Size
ca. 740.00ha
Elevation (average)
2932.00msl
Elevation (min)
2450.00msl
Elevation (max)
3730.00msl
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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
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-2.22°C
Precipitation Annual
1457.90mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
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) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
1
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of 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

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