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. 2019 Sep 15;30(4):260–277. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2021

Table 2.

Automatic monitoring sites for ground (G) and air (a) temperature with length of data series. Meaning of the first letter in the site description: H = Hochreichart summit area, R = Reichart cirque area, K = Kleinreichart summit area. For location see Figures 1, 2 and 3

Site Elev. (m a.s.l.) Aspect Slope (°) Morphology Substrate Sensorsa (cm) Data series (MMYY‐MMYY)
H‐G1 2,416 NNW 25 Summit plateau Coarse debris 0 1004–0818
H‐G2 2,285 NW 7 Ridge Coarse debris 0 0815–0917
H‐G3 2,415 WSW 36 Edge of summit plateau Void in an autochthonous blockfield −250 0911–0818
H‐G4 2,393 WSW 24 Ridge Coarse debris 0 1006–0808
H‐G5 2,303 NW 22 Ridge Coarse debris 0 1006–0818
H‐G6 2,363 E 20 Small valley in debris Coarse debris 0 1014–0818
H‐A1 2,412 NW 38 Summit plateau Coarse debris 200 1007–0917
H‐A2 2,285 S 37 Ridge Coarse debris 200 0815–0818
R‐G1 1,920 NW 14 Rock glacier surface Coarse rock glacier 0, −50, −100, −125 1005–0818b
R‐G2 1,559 E 21 Edge of rock glacier Coarse debris 0, −70 0615–0618
R‐G3 1,960 N 75 Rock wall Bedrock −3, −10, −40

3 cm: 0806–0818

All: 0608–0818

R‐G4 1,935 NNE 29 Talus slope Coarse debris 0 1004–1005
R‐G5 1,954 NE 30 Talus slope Coarse debris 0 1004–1005
R‐A1 1,925 NNW 6 Rock glacier surface Coarse debris 200 0808–0818
R‐A2c 1,512 E 3 Front of rock glacier Fine‐grained material 200

1000–0307 and

0108–1118

K‐G1 2,090 NNE 9 Summit plateau Coarse debris 0 0815–0818
K‐A1 2,091 E 11 Summit plateau Coarse debris 200 0815–0818
a

Sensors at 0 cm depth are shielded from direct solar radiation by thin platy rocks.

b

Variable time series for the different sensor depths.

c

R‐A2 is operated by the Hydrological Service of the Federal Province of Styria, data kindly provided.