The Gepatschferner from 1850 - 2006, with links to digital elevation models and glacier margins

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Hauptverfasser: Hartl, Lea, Fischer, Andrea
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author Hartl, Lea
Fischer, Andrea
author_facet Hartl, Lea
Fischer, Andrea
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents This theses investigates changes at Gepatschferner in length, area and volume since the last glacier maximum in 1850. Changes are discussed for the following time periods: 1850-1922, 1922-1971, 1971-1997, 1997-2006. Digital elevation models were created for 1850 from geomorphological data and for 1922 and 1971 from historical maps. Existing DEMs for 1997 and 2006 were further analysed. Since 1850 Gepatschferner has retreated by 2 km in length and has lost 32% of its area and 36% of its volume. The rate of loss of volume is increasing faster than the rate of loss of area and losses in the upper regions of the glacier are becoming increasingly more important to overall losses. The largest losses per 50 m elevation increment occur at the tongue. These losses are greatest in the most recent time step studied, 1997-2006, and exceed previous values by 40% and more. The data base includes the glacier margins, elevations models as they have been compiled within the thesis (DEMs of 1997 and 2006 are part of the glacier inventories, length changes are part of the length change data base of the Austrian Alpine Club).
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spellingShingle The Gepatschferner from 1850 - 2006, with links to digital elevation models and glacier margins
Hartl, Lea
Fischer, Andrea
File content; File format; Gepatschferner; GLAC; Sampling/measurements on glacier; Tirol, Austria; Uniform resource locator/link to file
This theses investigates changes at Gepatschferner in length, area and volume since the last glacier maximum in 1850. Changes are discussed for the following time periods: 1850-1922, 1922-1971, 1971-1997, 1997-2006. Digital elevation models were created for 1850 from geomorphological data and for 1922 and 1971 from historical maps. Existing DEMs for 1997 and 2006 were further analysed. Since 1850 Gepatschferner has retreated by 2 km in length and has lost 32% of its area and 36% of its volume. The rate of loss of volume is increasing faster than the rate of loss of area and losses in the upper regions of the glacier are becoming increasingly more important to overall losses. The largest losses per 50 m elevation increment occur at the tongue. These losses are greatest in the most recent time step studied, 1997-2006, and exceed previous values by 40% and more. The data base includes the glacier margins, elevations models as they have been compiled within the thesis (DEMs of 1997 and 2006 are part of the glacier inventories, length changes are part of the length change data base of the Austrian Alpine Club).
title The Gepatschferner from 1850 - 2006, with links to digital elevation models and glacier margins
topic File content; File format; Gepatschferner; GLAC; Sampling/measurements on glacier; Tirol, Austria; Uniform resource locator/link to file
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836949