GPR-derived ice thickness of the temperate Hintereisferner glacier (Austrian Alps): evaluation of thickness models

Švinka, Lelde; Lamsters, Kristaps; Karušs, Jānis; Džeriņš, Pēteris; Ješkins, Jurijs

doi:10.5194/tc-20-5025-2026

Articles | Volume 20, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-5025-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-5025-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 9

Research article

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07 Sep 2026

Research article |

| 07 Sep 2026

GPR-derived ice thickness of the temperate Hintereisferner glacier (Austrian Alps): evaluation of thickness models

Lelde Švinka, Kristaps Lamsters, Jānis Karušs, Pēteris Džeriņš, and Jurijs Ješkins

Data sets

Supplementary materials for the publication "GPR-derived ice thickness of the temperate Hintereisferner glacier (Austrian Alps): evaluation of thickness models" L. Švinka et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21114612

Fluctuations of Glaciers (FoG) Database (2026-02-10) WGMS https://doi.org/10.5904/WGMS-FOG-2026-02-10

Model code and software

Supplementary materials for the publication "GPR-derived ice thickness of the temperate Hintereisferner glacier (Austrian Alps): evaluation of thickness models" L. Švinka et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21114612

Short summary

We measured the ice thickness of Hintereisferner, a small valley glacier in the Austrian Alps. This glacier has been observed for decades and is one of the world’s reference glaciers, but its ice thickness has only been sparsely measured in the past. We show that the glacier is thinner than predicted by ice thickness models, which overestimate thickness on small, temperate valley glaciers. Our results will help validate and improve future models and highlight the need for field measurements.