Desert in the snow around Sonnblick Eroded Saharan dust (SD) is episodically transported over thousands of kilometers with synoptic wind patterns towards Europe and reaches Austria several days per year. The SD is removed from the atmosphere via dry
Glacier melt close to record high The dry and extreme warm summer months have severely eroded the glaciers in the Austrian Alps. Despite the above average snowpack in winter in the Hohe Tauern Mountains, Goldbergkees lost 1700 mm w.
Pasterze Automatic weather Station Pasterze The automatic weather station (AWS) was built up in October 2012 on Pasterze Glacier. The following measurements were recorded on this site: air temperature at two different levels, humidity, wind speed, wind direction,
Sonnblick Automatic Weather Station Kleinfleißkees The Automatic Weather Station (AWS) was built up in January 2011 on Kleinfleißkees/Sonnbick. The following measurements were recorded on this site: air temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, snow height and radiation
Winter 2017/18: Largest amount of snow for Sonnblick glaciers over the last 20 years Kleinfleißkees and Goldbergkees got 25 % more snow than in an average winter. For determination of snow depth, 560 measurements with snow probes were carried out. Additionally eight snow pits were dug for density
Glaciological station network Pasterze In cooperation with foto-webcam.eu, University of Graz, Großglockner Hochalpenstraße AG and TGM, a glaciological station network was established. In total 5 cameras, one automatic weather station (EMBS PAS) and one mass balance
Freya Above normal accumulation rates in Eastern Greenland The snow cover on Freya Glacier is usually 2 Meters thick in late winter. Repeated heavy snowfall events in February 2018 accumulated a snowheight of least 3.7 meters and burried our weather
Extreme glacier mass loss in 2017 The Glaciers in Hohe Tauern National Park experienced another year of extreme negative mass balance in the budget year 2016/2017. The Austrian glaciers Pasterze (top), Kleinfleißkees (bottom left) and Goldbergkees (bottom right)
Pasterze Field trip to Pasterze by TGM and ZAMG After some attempts in previous years, again we agreed on a date and finally the weather was perfect for a joint field trip to Pasterze in October 2017. We - glaciologists from ZAMG
Winter 2016/17: 10 % less mass of snow than average Less mass of snow, but average snow depth. Due to snowfall events in April, the relative fresh snow was not packed than normal in May. Therefore, snow depth is on average but the
New webcam on Goldbergkees The camera is located on the ridge between the alpine hut Rojacherhütte and the summit of Hohen Sonnblick at 2932 m a.s.l.. The direction of view is southeast with skiing area
Long-term study at Sonnblick glaciers: explicit reduction of air pollutants in the snowpack A study from ZAMG, TU Wien, University of Graz and IIASA showed a distinct reduction of Sulfate and Nitrate ion deposition in snowpack samples over the last 30 years (1983-2014). The total ion
Freya New webcams and weather station on Freya Glacier! Within the combined research and education project Glacio-Live we were aiming to install our automatic glacier measurement system far away north in the Arctic, on a small mountain glacier on the East Coast
Massive glacier melt in 2015 After a pleasant winter with 5 % more snow accumulation than average, the second warmest summer in history of temperature measurements and the driest summer since 1911 in Austria, melting rates were near record
New webcam on Pasterze at Freiwandeck This camera is funded by Großglockern Hochalpenstraße AG. The camera is located at Freiwandeck (2755 m a.s.l.). The direction of view is west to Großglockner and Pasterze with alpine hut Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte
Snow accumulation in winter 2014/15 slightly above average Due to more than 700 measurements of snow depth and 9 snow pits, where density and temperature of the snowpack was measured, the winter mass balance for Goldbergkees and Kleinfleißkees is 5 % above
GlacierHistory Goldbergkees - History The Goldbergkees (formally known as Vogelmaier - Ochsenkarkees), situated in the Austrian alps (Hohe Tauern), is now divided in three parts. The upper part is near the summit of Hoher Sonnblick. The part
GlacierHistory Kleinfleißkees - History The Kleinfleißkees, with a total area of 0.79 km² (2015), is situated in the Hohe Tauern as part of the Austrian alps. The glacier covers an altitudinal range from 2700 to 3050
GlacierHistory Pasterze - History Austria's most popular glacier at the foot of Großglockner - Austria's highest mountain. Pasterze is the largest part of a combined mountain glacier system in the Austrian Alps (Hohe Tauern) with several accumulation
GlacierHistory Freya Glacier - History Freya (Fröya) Glacier is a 6km long valley glacier situated on Clavering Island 10km southeast of the Zackenberg research station at the northeastern coast of Greenland. Its surface area is 5.63 km²
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New webcam on Kleinfleißkees The camera is situated on a ridge between the mountains Goldberspitze and Roten Mann at 2970 m a.s.l.. The direction of view is northeast with Goldbergspitze at the far right. In
