Geodetic reanalysis of annual glaciological mass balances (2001–2011) of Hintereisferner, Austria

Klug, Christoph; Bollmann, Erik; Galos, Stephan Peter; Nicholson, Lindsey; Prinz, Rainer; Rieg, Lorenzo; Sailer, Rudolf; Stötter, Johann; Kaser, Georg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-833-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-833-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-833-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

Research article

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06 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 06 Mar 2018

Geodetic reanalysis of annual glaciological mass balances (2001–2011) of Hintereisferner, Austria

Christoph Klug, Erik Bollmann, Stephan Peter Galos, Lindsey Nicholson, Rainer Prinz, Lorenzo Rieg, Rudolf Sailer, Johann Stötter, and Georg Kaser

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-833-2018-supplement

Data sets

Hintereisferner (Ötztal, Tyrol, Austria) Digital Elevation Models (10x10 m) from Airborne Laser Scanning Data Set 2001-2013 Rudolf Sailer, Thomas Geist, Johann Stötter, and Ulrich Strasser https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875889

Short summary

This study presents a reanalysis of the glacier mass balance record at Hintereisferner, Austria, for the period 2001 to 2011. We provide a year-by-year comparison of glaciological and geodetic mass balances obtained from annual airborne laser scanning data. After applying a series of corrections, a comparison of the methods reveals major differences for certain years. We thoroughly discuss the origin of these discrepancies and implications for future glaciological mass balance measurements.