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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...

Manual measuring network

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The SLF avalanche warning service operates an extensive network of manual measuring sites. The sites are distributed throughout the Swiss Alps and predominantly situated in...

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...

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...

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...

Stable Water Isotopes in snow and vapor on the Weissfluhjoch

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Notice: Changes to the dataset are still possible. Please do not use this dataset until the final publication with a DOI. Contact the authors if you have questions about...

Snow and the water cycle in a changing climate

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This report was prepared as one of the synthesis report chapters of the Hydro-CH2018 project of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). An important feature of snow cover is...

Experiments on stable water isotopes, snow metamorphism, and advection

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Stable water isotopes (δ18O) obtained from snow and ice samples of polar regions are used to reconstruct past climate variability, but heat and mass transport processes can affect...

Fiber Bundle Model for snow failure and concurrent Acoustic Emissions

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This dataset contains modeled and experimental results for laboratory snow failure experiments and the concurrent acoustic emissions signatures for different loading rates. For...

Data, Code Link and Metadata on Forward Scattering of Snow at Totalp

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Overview We present GROUNDEYE, a new model of radiative transfer over mountainous terrain, which considers for the first time the forward scattering properties of snow. Embedded...

Data set on interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Laboratory experiments are presented on the phase change at the surface of sodium chloride – water mixtures at temperatures between 259 K and 240 K. High selectivity to the upper...

How do stability corrections perform in the stable boundary layer over snow?

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We used five different atmospheric turbulence datasets from four test sites, with these sites showing differences in their topographical characteristics. We chose one typical...

Saltation of cohesive granular materials

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The wind-driven saltation of sand and snow shapes dunes and ripples, generates dust emission, and erodes the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we use a model based on the...

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...

Compressive stick slip and snow-micro-quakes

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When snow is compressed with a certain speed, micro-snowquakes are triggered in the porous structure of bonded crystals. The present dataset covers uniaxial compression experiments...

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,...

Dataset for "Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: Insights from high-resolution, high-speed photography"

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This data set includes material and results described in the related research article:

Bergfeld, B., van Herwijnen, A., Reuter, B., Bobillier, G., Dual, J., and Schweizer, J.:...

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...

Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)

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This data set includes 54 years of hydrometeorological measurements from small (first-order) catchments in the pre-alpine valley Alptal. Here we provide daily mean values; values...

Weissfluhjoch dataset for ESM-SnowMIP

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This Weissfluhjoch dataset is a processed version of the Weissfluhjoch dataset version 6 from https://doi.org/10.16904/6. This dataset was specially created for the ESM-SnowMIP...