10 years of glacier mass balance monitoring on Mullwitzkees (Hohe Tauern)
Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, IGF - Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW), Innsbruck (AT)
In 2006 a new mass balance monitoring program was started on Mullwitzkees within the core zone of the Hohe Tauern National Park. Winter, summer and annual mass balances are determined for the hydrological years by using the direct glaciological method with ablation stakes, snow pits and snow depth soundings. The characteristic numbers of the 10 year period and changes therein are analysed with respect to the effect of the seasonal weather conditions.