Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL

Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK

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To validate the critical crack length as implemented in the snow cover model SNOWPACK, PST experiments were conducted for three winter seasons (2015-2017) at two field site above...

Wind crust formation: SnowMicroPen data

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This dataset contains the SnowMicroPen (SMP) data from 38 wind tunnel experiments on wind-packing / wind crust formation. These experiments were performed in the winters 2015/16...

Modeling snow failure with DEM

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This data set includes the modeling results described in the research article by Bobiller et al. (2020). All the figures in the article can be reproduced with the data provided.

L-Band Radiometry of Alpine Seasonal Snow Cover: 4 Years at the Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory

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Dataset from the publication "L-Band Radiometry of Alpine Seasonal Snow Cover: 4 Years at the Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory", under review in IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED...

GCOS SWE data from 11 stations in Switzerland

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Snowprofile from 11 observer sites in Switzerland compiled for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). Height of snow (cm) and snow water equivalent (mm) are recorded every 2...

Data set on bromide oxidation by ozone in snow during metamorphism from laboratory study

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Earth’s snow cover is very dynamic on diurnal time scales. The changes to the snow structure during this metamorphism have wide ranging impacts such as on avalanche formation and...

Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weissfluhjoch

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Avalanche problem types were derived from snow cover simulations with the models Crocus and SNOWPACK at the Weissfluhjoch study plot, Davos, CH. The data include annual frequencies...

IMIS measuring network

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The Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS) consists of nearly 200 automatic measuring stations. They are distributed throughout the Swiss Alps and the Jura region...

Snow water equivalent for reference date April 1 for Wägital catchment, starting 1943

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Total water reserves of the snow cover [mio m3] for Wägital catchment, Switzerland, for reference date April 1. Data is separated in 2 elevation zones 900m-1500m asl and...

SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 16 January 2019

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Outlines of 6'041 avalanches mapped from SPOT6 satellite data over the Swiss Alps on 16 January 2019. The dataset was acquired following a period with very high avalanche danger....

GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data

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This data set includes GPS-derived snow water equivalent (SWE), snow depth (HS) and liquid water content (LWC) data for three entire snow-covered seasons (2015-2016, 2016-2017,...

IceCube_microCT_Snow_grainsize

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The specific surface area (SSA) of different snow types were measured with the IceCube instrument and the Scanco Medical microCT 40. In addition, the snow particles created during...

Field observations of snow instabilities

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This data set includes 589 snow profile observations including a rutschblock test, observations of signs of instability and an assessment of the local avalanche danger level,...

Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep elevation gradient in the East-ern Swiss Alps

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This database contains GNSS derived snow water equivalent (SWE), liquid water content (LWC), and snow height (HS) and reference data collected during the two winter 2018-2020 at 4...

SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 24 January 2018

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Outlines of 18'737 avalanches mapped from SPOT6 satellite data over the Swiss Alps on 24 January 2018. The outlines have different attributes described in the data example key...

A numerical solver for heat and mass transport in snow based on FEniCS

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This python code uses the Finite Element library FEniCS (via docker) to solve the one dimensional partial differential equations for heat and mass transfer in snow. The results are...

3D_Snow_Models

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The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are...

Precipitation Scaling Data Set (Vögeli et al., Frontiers)

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Dataset (Model input, snow distribution and validation) for the precipitation scaling paper, which should be cited along with the data set citation.

This data is useful for...

Crack propagation speeds in weak snowpack layers from three events: PST, whumpf and slab avalanche

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For the release of a slab avalanche, crack propagation within a weak snowpack layer below a cohesive snow slab is required. As crack speed measurements can give insight into the...

Dataset on PV Production in Snow Covered Mountains

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Overview The SUNWELL Modelling Environment is a combination of data and code that models electricity production from satellite-derived irradiance data and other spatial data sets...