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50 datasets found

  • Alpine3D simulations of future climate scenarios for Graubunden

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    Education, culture and sport

    This is the simulation dataset from "Response of snow cover and runoff to climate change in high Alpine catchments of Eastern Switzerland", M. Bavay, T. Grünewald, M. Lehning,...

    Last updated: November 12, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • graubunden
    • snow
    • alpine3d-simulations
    • climate-change
    • switzerland
  • Data, Code Link and Metadata on Forward Scattering of Snow at Totalp

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: June 5, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • winter-energy-production
    • albedo
    • snow
    • photovoltaic
    • shortwave-radiation
  • Energy- and momentum-conserving model of splash entrainment in sand and snow saltation

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    Education, culture and sport

    The files contain the datasets used to produce Figures 2, 3, and 4 of the manuscript (doi: 10.1002/2016GL071822).

    Manuscript...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

    • TXT
    • sediment-transport
    • model
    • mars
    • snow
    • erosion
  • 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
    • alpine3d-simulations
    • snow
    • snow-cover
    • snow-distribution
    • snow-hydrology
    • alpine-precipitation
    • alpine3d
  • 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
    • avalanche
    • hazard-mapping
    • snow
    • satellite
    • natural-hazard
  • Stable Water Isotopes in snow and vapor on the Weissfluhjoch

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 27, 2023

    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • sublimation
    • snow
    • post-depositional-processes
    • stable-water-isotopes
    • natural-tracer
    • weissfluhjoch
    • latent-heat
    • paleoclimate
  • 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
  • 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-forecasting
    • snow
    • avalanche-danger
    • danger-level
    • snow-instability
  • Dataset for "Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: Insights from high-resolution, high-speed photography"

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    Education, culture and sport

    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.:...

    Last updated: June 28, 2021

    • PDF
    • SERVICE
    • crack-propagation
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • experiment
    • snow-mechanics
  • Crack propagation speeds in weak snowpack layers from three events: PST, whumpf and slab avalanche

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    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
    • dynamic-crack-propagation
    • crack-speed
    • propagation-saw-test
    • slab-avalanche
    • snow
    • whumpf
  • How do stability corrections perform in the stable boundary layer over snow?

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    Education, culture and sport

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

    Last updated: December 3, 2019

    • ZIP
    • snow
    • atmosphere
    • atmospheric-turbulence
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
    • stable-boundary-layer
  • A numerical solver for heat and mass transport in snow based on FEniCS

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    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
    • vapor-transport
    • python
    • numerical-model
    • snow
  • Manual measuring network

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: June 19, 2023

    • JSON
    • CSV
    • snow-height
    • new-snow
    • snow
    • manual-measurements
    • measurement
  • 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

    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • specific-surface-area
    • microct
    • intercomparison
    • snow
    • icecube
  • Weissfluhjoch dataset for ESM-SnowMIP

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: May 30, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • snow-depth
    • snow
    • esm-snowmip
    • snow-models
    • weissfluhjoch
  • 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

    • ZIP
    • PDF
    • SERVICE
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • snow-failure
    • snow-micro-mechanics
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
  • Compressive stick slip and snow-micro-quakes

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 5, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • TXT
    • microstructure
    • compression-experiments
    • x-ray-tomography
    • snow-mechanics
    • snow
  • Fiber Bundle Model for snow failure and concurrent Acoustic Emissions

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    Education, culture and sport

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

    Last updated: July 22, 2020

    • ZIP
    • acoustic-emissions
    • sintering
    • viscous-deformation
    • snow-failure
    • snow
    • fiber-bundle-model
    • snow-mechanics
    • snow-avalanche
  • Meteorological data used to develop and validate the bias-detecting ensemble (BDE)

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    Education, culture and sport

    These data were used to drive and evaluate Jules Investigation Model (JIM) snow simulations. The data provided are the forcing data used for the "deterministic" runs as described...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • snow
    • jules-investigation-model
    • snow-simulation
    • snow-depth
    • jim
  • Experiments on stable water isotopes, snow metamorphism, and advection

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • snow
    • 18o
    • stable-water-isotope
    • advection
    • metamorphism