Mass Balance Factsheet for the Kesselwandferner, Alps
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For additional information on the status of the glacier and on data relating to annual mass balance and other measurements, visit the WGMS Fluctuations of Glaciers Browser.
FACTS:
- Political unit: AT
- WGMS ID: 507
- Latitude: 46.84°N
- Longitude: 10.79°E
- Height min: 2750 m a.s.l.
- Height max: 3500 m a.s.l.
- Measurement types: MASS BALANCE, THICKNESS CHANGE & FRONT VARIATION
- Current Principal Investigator: Irmgard Juen, & Colleagues
- Current Sponsoring Agency: INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC
AND CRYOSPHERIC SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK (INNSBRUCK, AT)
Kesselwandferner in September 2005 (taken by Wikimedia user: CACTUS26 on 09/09/2005)
Terrestrial and satellite map of Kesselwandferner (Google Maps)
Kesselwandferner Annual Mass Balance (WGMS, 2016)
Continuous Mass Balance (MB) measurements since 1952/53:
Additional data available: Front Variation (FV), Thickness Change (TC) and Glacier Outlines:
Selected references: tba