Implementation of a real-time monitoring on Austrian mass balance glaciers

Abstract ID: 3.12058 | Not reviewed | Requested as: Poster | TBA | TBA

Bernhard Hynek (1)

(1) GeoSphere Austria, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Wien, AT

Categories: Cryo- & Hydrosphere
Keywords: glacier, mass balance, real-time, Austria, monitoring

Categories: Cryo- & Hydrosphere
Keywords: glacier, mass balance, real-time, Austria, monitoring

Abstract

Alpine glaciers are changing rapidly and drastically, and glacier mass balance is measured at a lot of sites in the Alps. In Austria, glacier mass balance is currently monitored on 13 glaciers. However, there is still a significant latency of at least some months until the data are reported to data providers and the information of the acutal state of the glaciers is published. To reduce this data latency various systems of real-time monitoring has been developed and successfully applied. Here we present a strategy for implementing a real-time monitoring on all Austrian mass balance glaciers, by completing and expanding already existing instrumentation and data assimilation procedures.