Ödenwinkelkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Ödenwinkelkees
Short name
ÖWK
Country
Austria
Parent Site Name
Oberes Stubachtal - Austria
Site Manager
Dr. Bernhard Zagel
Heinz Slupetzky
Operating Organisation
University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics
Keywords
climate change
Glacier Monitoring
Site Description
The Ödenwinkelkees is a special glacier typ: a valley, cirque and debris covered glacier on the main northern crest of the hohe Tauern in the upper most stubach valley.
Last modified
2020-12-18 10:12:05

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1960
Research Topics
biology
biodiversity
geology
geomorphology
hydrology
hydrography
meteorology
glaciology
geography
Parameters
water parameter
Photos
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Geographic
Size
220.00ha
Elevation (average)
2700.00msl
Elevation (min)
3100.00msl
Elevation (max)
2100.00msl
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Austria✖ (LTER_EU_AT_023_002)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified.
Projects
WGMS - World Glacier Monitoring Service
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Site information [.json]

Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem and Land Use
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 (Spatial Design)
Sub Site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Infrastructure
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Infrastructure notes
The Mountain Hotel Rudolfshütte is 1.5 Hours hiking away from the site. The Hotel is accessible with the Weisssee Cabel car.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Power Supply
No
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
Data Storage Location
Distributed over multiple institutions
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources
1 activities in total:
Ödenwinkel: An Alpine platform for observational and experimental research on the emergence of multidiversity and ecosystem complexity
1 dataset(s) in total:
Flow velocity / ablations measurements of Ödenwinkelkees
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.