Hidden.Ice

The ARGE Alp Workshop – “Felsstürze am Gletscherrand – Einflussfaktoren | Auslösemechanismen | Schlussfolgerungen für die Praxis” took place in the beautiful mountain scene of Hohe Tauern at the Mountain Hotel Rudolfshütte on 18 – 19 September. Experts from Geology, Geomorphology, Hydrology and Glaciology shared their experience, research and practice on increasing number of rockfall events from mountain faces next to glaciers.  In addition to the presentation of progress and results from the ÖAW/ESS project GlacierRocks, the excursion to the…

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Again we went out to Jamtal for runoff measurements and survey of the Jamtalferner glacial and paraglacial area. This time the project partners Gabi Schwaizer (ENVEO) and Severin Hohensinner (BOKU) joined the field trip. We used the time to arrange data exchange of remotely sensed information for the analysis of historic evolution of the stream morphology and defined the areas and periods for analysis of the debris-cover on the glacier.   Deep chanels in the sediments recently uncovered from the ice…

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On 08-12 September 2019 the International Mountain Conference took place in Innsbruck. Within an expert workshop on “Natural hazards assessment – potential, limits and uncertainties of process models and interactions of processes with protection structures and buildings” the motivation of the Hidden.ice project was presented and highly dynamic processes tackled by the project have been discussed. The poster could be visited all over the four days at the exibition area outdoor .

Just a few days after the helicopter based ALS aquisition stable rock areas have been recorded a second time in cooperation with the project partners of  KU Eichstätt. The TLS data will help to minimize location errors of the final point cloud and increase overall point density for surface analysis of the study area. During the day glacier melt runoff increased markedly and river crossings have been unavoidable. Later the field team got company by cows showing high interest for…

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