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1 Towards more integrated research and observation in the Alps The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and its Commission i for Glaciology l Our activities in Alpine Research

2 Towards more integrated research and observation in the Alps The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and its Commission i for Glaciology l Our activities in Alpine Research

3 Structure Research organisation and topics Monitoring and process oriented research Linkages and cooperations

4 Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) Research Programme: Glacier Research Commission for Glaciology Chairman: Prof. Dr. H. Hagedorn (Würzburg), Investigation period Basic Programme Long-term monitoring of Vernagtferner, Austrian Alps Geodetic survey of selected glaciers in the Eastern Alps Run-off generation from glaciated watersheds Glacier conditions in High Asia (debris covered glaciers) Polar research Education and training Advisory organisation for decision makers Public outreach

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6 W. Hagg, 2008 Vernagtferner, Ötztaler Alpen, Austria

7 Advancing Vernagtferner Lithography h ca. 1810, C.F.Hoppe

8 E. Heucke L. Braun L. Braun M. Weber

9 Cumulative mass balance of Vernagtferner

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11 Long time series of glacier mass balance in Europe

12 Climate Station Vernagtbach

13 Vernagtferner during climate variations

14 Trends in air temperature at gauging station Vernagtbach

15 :30 Run-off Vernagtbach ca. 11 m 3 /s

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17 Lambrecht & Mayer, 2009

18 2000

19 2009

20 Annual mean air temperature at Zugspitze (2940 m), summer full year winter (source: DWD)

21 Geodetic Survey of Glaciers in the Eastern Alps

22 Glacier extent Zugspitzplatt : 1890 and 2003

23 Ablation on debris covered glaciers

24 Ablation on debris covered glaciers

25 Mass Balance in a more general understanding Scales I (temporal): Post glacial Little Ice Age (centuries) Recent development Scales II (spatial): Alpine glaciation Glacier cover of mountain ranges (Ötztal, central Pamir) Local glaciers Changes of the storage characteristics Glaciers - Ground Water - Discharge

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27 Archive KfG

28 Archive KfG

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30 Notgemeinschaft Lake Sarez Fedtschenko Remote Sensing Data: - Optical Data (Aster, Landsat) - Aster/SRTM Elevation Data - ERS 1/2 tandem SAR (Velocities, Elevations) - ICESAT and Cryosat 2 Data (Elevations) In Combination with: GRACE, GOCE (Gravity)

31 Scientific approach: Local/regional: glaciological mass balance, hydrology GPS-Monitoring Monitoring, local gravity field Large scale: ground truth for validation, remote sensing methods (Cryosat 2, Grace, Goce, TerraSAR-X, optical satellite data) Relevance: Ice losses and crustal movement Changes of discharge charateristics Increase of natural hazards and geological processes

32 Linkages and cooperations: Department for Geosciences, LMU, Munich: Bavarian glaciers, Central Asian Studies Insitute for Cartography, TU Munich and DLR: Glacier mapping, remote sensing techniques IMGI, Univ. Innsbruck: Glacier inventory, Glacier hydrology, Central Asian Studies Department of Geosciences, Univ. Milan: Central Asian Studies, Ablation on debris covered galciers GFZ, Potsdam, CAIAG, Bishkek and Univ. of Idaho: Central Asian Studies, Glacial hazards, ards Glacier hydrology BEK, Munich: Geodesy and Gravity Reporting: Austrian Hydrography Service, Vienna WGMS, Zurich

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