Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-151-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-151-2018
Review article
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24 Jan 2018
Review article |  | 24 Jan 2018

The Rofental: a high Alpine research basin (1890–3770 m a.s.l.) in the Ötztal Alps (Austria) with over 150 years of hydrometeorological and glaciological observations

Ulrich Strasser, Thomas Marke, Ludwig Braun, Heidi Escher-Vetter, Irmgard Juen, Michael Kuhn, Fabien Maussion, Christoph Mayer, Lindsey Nicholson, Klaus Niedertscheider, Rudolf Sailer, Johann Stötter, Markus Weber, and Georg Kaser

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The Rofental: a high Alpine research basin (1890 m – 3770 m a.s.l.) in the Ötztal Alps (Austria) with over 150 years of hydro-meteorological and glaciological observations U. Strasser, T. Marke, L. Braun, H. Escher-Vetter, I. Juen, M. Kuhn, F. Maussion, C. Mayer, L. Nicholson, K. Niedertscheider, R. Sailer, J. Stötter, M. Weber, and G. Kaser https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876120

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A hydrometeorological and glaciological data set is presented with recordings from several research sites in the Rofental (1891–3772 m a.s.l., Ötztal Alps, Austria). The data sets are spanning 150 years and represent a unique pool of high mountain observations, enabling combined research of atmospheric, cryospheric and hydrological processes in complex terrain, and the development of state-of-the-art hydroclimatological and glacier mass balance models.