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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.

Anton Neureiter, ZAMG

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

Anton Neureiter, ZAMG

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

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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

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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

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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

Anton Neureiter, ZAMG

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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