Stubacher Sonnblickkees - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Stubacher Sonnblickkees
Short name
Stubacher Sonnblickkees
Country
Austria
Operating Organisation
University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics
Site Manager
Dr. Bernhard Zagel
Heinz Slupetzky
Site Description
Stubacher Sonnblickkees (SSK) is located in the Hohe Tauern Range (Eastern Alps) in the south of Salzburg Province (Austria) in the region of Oberpinzgau in the upper Stubach Valley. The glacier is situated at the main Alpine crest and faces east, starting at elevations close to 3050 m and in the 1980s terminated at 2500 m a.s.l. It had an area of 1.7 km² at that time, compared with 1 km² in 2013. The glacier type can be classified as a slope glacier, i.e. the relief is covered by a relatively thin ice sheet and there is no regular glacier tongue. The rough subglacial topography makes for a complex shape in the surface topography, with various concave and convex patterns. Direct yearly mass balance measurements were started in ...
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2024-07-22 16:07:31

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1963
Observed properties
water parameterwatervolume
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_001)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Austria" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Photos
Stubacher Sonnblickkees (2016 - Foto: B.Zagel)
Stubacher Sonnblickkees (2016 - Foto: B.Zagel)
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.131773 Longitude: 12.59266

Size
ca. 132.00ha
Elevation (average)
2750.00msl
Elevation (min)
2500.00msl
Elevation (max)
3000.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
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
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 1 - 5 beds
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
Regular
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.