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4 datasets found

  • Observational data: avalanche observations, danger signs and stability test results, Switzerland (2016/2017 to 2020/2021 )

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This is the freely available part of the data used in the publication by Techel et al. (2022): _On the correlation between a sub-level qualifier refining the danger level with...

    Last updated: June 1, 2022

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    • avalanche-danger-level
    • stability-tests
    • avalanche-observations
    • avalanche-danger
    • avalanche
  • How is avalanche danger described in textual descriptions in avalanche forecasts in Switzerland?

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The data set contains the danger descriptions (German) of the avalanche forecasts published at 5 pm between 27-Nov-2012 and 13-Feb-2020.

    Last updated: January 12, 2022

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    • consistency
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-bulletin
    • switzerland
    • danger-description
    • avalanche-danger
    • avalanche-forecast
  • Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weissfluhjoch

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    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

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    • crocus
    • avalanche-activity
    • snowpack
    • snow-instability
    • snow
    • weissfluhjoch
    • avalanche-danger
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-problem-type
    • snow-cover-modeling
  • Field observations of snow instabilities

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    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

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    • avalanche
    • avalanche-danger
    • snow
    • snow-instability
    • danger-level
    • avalanche-forecasting