Metadata
- Station or cluster: CryoNet Station
- Type: Primary
- Attribute(s): Cal/val, Research
- WMO ID (if any):
- Shape: polygon
- Latitude, longitude: 46.88430, 10.17137
- Altitude and/or range (m): 2165; 2165-3250
- Landscape: Mountain
- Year established: 1988
- Year-round? Yes
- Operations contact: Andrea Fischer
- Science contact: Andrea Fischer
- Data contact: Bernd Seiser
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Jamtalferner
Primary CryoNet Station Information
Other Networks to Which This CryoNet Station Belongs
- WGMS Mass balance Glacier, LTSER site
Measurement Methods Used
Data Information
- Are the data quality controlled? yes
- How are the data accessible?
- Data availability (may depend on the variable measured): in near real-time
Measurements
The measurements made at Jamtalferner are listed in the following tables. (Note: If End Year is blank, measurements are ongoing.)
Cryosphere Measurements
| Element |
Variable |
Start Year |
End Year |
Frequency |
| Snow | Snow on the ground (WMO code 0957) | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Snow | Depth | 2013 | | Continuous | | Snow | Snow water equivalent | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Snow | Snowpack profile | 1988 | | | | Snow | Extent | 1988 | | Fragmented | | Snow | Snow surface area | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Accumulation | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Ablation | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Annual mass balance | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Area | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Winter mass balance | 1988 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Thickness | 2000 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Volume | 2000 | | Sporadic | | Glacier | Glacial runoff | | | Not specified | | Glacier | Surface topography | 1870 | | | | Glacier | Facies, snowline | 1988 | | | | Atmosphere Measurements
| Element |
Variable |
Start Year |
End Year |
Frequency |
| Met | Air temperature | 2013 | | | | Met | Humidity/vapour pressure | 2013 | | | | Met | Wind speed and direction | 2013 | | | | Met | Air pressure | 2013 | | | | Met | Snowfall | 2013 | | | | Met | Total precipitation | 1988 | | | | Met | Rainfall | 2013 | | | | Radiation | Downwelling shortwave | 2013 | | | | Radiation | Upwelling shortwave | 2013 | | | | Radiation | Downwelling longwave | 2013 | | | | Radiation | Upwelling longwave | 2013 | | | |
Measurement Notes and Other Measurements
| Category |
Description or List |
| Glacier | Measurements are carried out at least twice a year |
| Ecology | Chronosequence |
Last updated: 31 May 2017
