Funding: Land Oberösterreich
Project partner: Blueskywetter
Duration: since 2012
Project coordination: Andrea Fischer
Project assistants: Kay Helfricht, Martin Stocker-Waldhuber
Glacier monitoring on Hallstatt Glacier in the Dachstein conservation area means creating the summer and winter mass balances using the direct (glaciological) method (Hoinkes 1970) with the Fixed Date System.
In addition to capturing the mass balance, several climate parameters, such as air temperature and precipitation, will be measured on Hallstatt Glacier.
Updated information on the Hallstatt Glacier can be found in the: