50 datasets found

  • Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: October 29, 2020

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • snow-stability-evaluation
    • snowpack
    • snow
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-forecast
  • Wind crust formation: SnowMicroPen data

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: November 14, 2019

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • SERVICE
    • wind-packing
    • smp
    • snowmicropen
    • wind-crust
    • snow
  • Modeling snow failure with DEM

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    Education, culture and sport

    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.

    Last updated: April 20, 2022

    • PDF
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-failure
    • snow-micro-mechanics
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • snow
  • L-Band Radiometry of Alpine Seasonal Snow Cover: 4 Years at the Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: April 29, 2022

    • ZIP
    • snow
    • microwave
    • l-band
    • davos-laret
    • radiometer
  • GCOS SWE data from 11 stations in Switzerland

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: May 25, 2022

    • CSV
    • TXT
    • snow-profile
    • snow-height
    • snow
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • gcos
  • Data set on bromide oxidation by ozone in snow during metamorphism from laboratory study

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: July 16, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • PDF
    • metamorphism
    • alpine
    • snow
    • laboratory-study
    • arctic
    • brine
    • reaction
    • chemistry
    • ozone
    • interface
    • heterogeneous
    • antarctica
    • solution
  • Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weissfluhjoch

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: December 14, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • crocus
    • avalanche-activity
    • snowpack
    • snow-instability
    • snow
    • weissfluhjoch
    • avalanche-danger
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-problem-type
    • snow-cover-modeling
  • IMIS measuring network

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • CSV
    • JSON
    • measurement
    • imis
    • automatic-weather-station
    • snow
    • new-snow
  • Snow water equivalent for reference date April 1 for Wägital catchment, starting 1943

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: April 19, 2023

    • TXT
    • snow
    • meteodat-gmbh
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • gcos
    • wagital
  • SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 16 January 2019

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    Education, culture and sport

    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....

    Last updated: May 12, 2023

    • SHP
    • natural-hazard
    • satellite
    • hazard-mapping
    • avalanche
    • snow
  • GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data

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    Education, culture and sport

    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,...

    Last updated: November 29, 2019

    • CSV
    • PDF
    • snow-depth
    • gps
    • snow
    • snow-cover
    • liquid-water-content
  • IceCube_microCT_Snow_grainsize

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 19, 2023

    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • icecube
    • microct
    • intercomparison
    • snow
    • specific-surface-area
  • Field observations of snow instabilities

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    Education, culture and sport

    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,...

    Last updated: April 17, 2023

    • PDF
    • CSV
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-danger
    • snow
    • snow-instability
    • danger-level
    • avalanche-forecasting
  • Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep elevation gradient in the East-ern Swiss Alps

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: December 22, 2021

    • CSV
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • liquid-water-content
    • gps
    • snow
    • gnss
    • swe
    • lwc
    • snow-water-equivalent
  • SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 24 January 2018

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: April 20, 2023

    • SHP
    • natural-hazard
    • satellite
    • hazard-mapping
    • avalanche
    • snow
  • A numerical solver for heat and mass transport in snow based on FEniCS

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 22, 2022

    • ZIP
    • pattern-formation
    • numerical-model
    • vapor-transport
    • python
    • snow
  • 3D_Snow_Models

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • snow-cast
    • 3d-model
    • weak-layer
    • rounded-snow
    • snow
    • new-snow
    • 3d-print
    • depth-hoar
  • Precipitation Scaling Data Set (Vögeli et al., Frontiers)

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: June 10, 2020

    • ZIP
    • alpine-precipitation
    • snow-distribution
    • alpine3d
    • alpine3d-simulations
    • snow-cover
    • snow
    • snow-hydrology
  • Crack propagation speeds in weak snowpack layers from three events: PST, whumpf and slab avalanche

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: October 12, 2021

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • weak-layer
    • snow
    • dynamic-crack-propagation
    • slab-avalanche
    • crack-speed
    • whumpf
    • propagation-saw-test
  • Dataset on PV Production in Snow Covered Mountains

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: December 16, 2020

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • mountain
    • snow
    • photovoltaic
    • reflection
    • irradiance
    • energy
    • albedo