Mass Balance Factsheet for the Wurtenkees, 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: 545
- Latitude: 47.04°N
- Longitude: 13.01°E
- Height min: 2380 m a.s.l.
- Height max: 3120 m a.s.l.
- Measurement types: MASS BALANCE, THICKNESS CHANGE & FRONT VARIATION
- Current Principal Investigator: Bernard Hynek, & Colleagues
- Current Sponsoring Agency: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG), AT
Wurtenkees in August 2011 (taken by Gerhard Palnstorfer on 19/08/2011)
Terrestrial and satellite map of Wurtenkees (Google Maps)
Wurtenkees 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:
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