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3 datasets found

  • Automated Avalanche Release Area (PRA) Delineation Davos

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains the output and reference data published in the paper "Automated snow avalanche release area delineation - validation of existing algorithms and proposition of...

    Last updated: October 27, 2021

    • ZIP
    • snow
    • hazard-indication-mapping
    • hazard-mapping
    • avalanche
    • release
    • ramms
  • Deadwood Generator

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The here presented code generates discrete three-dimensional, RAMMS::ROCKFALL readable deadwood log files (.pts-format) of windtrown forests, including the pilling effect due to...

    Last updated: December 5, 2022

    • GeoTIFF
    • SERVICE
    • windthrow
    • rockfall
    • ramms
    • piled-up-logs
    • lying-deadwood
  • Large Scale Hazard Indication Simulations for avalanches, canton of Grisons

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    We developed a workflow to generate Large Scale Hazard Simulations for avalanches based on digital elevation models and information on the protective function of the forest. This...

    Last updated: June 21, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • JSON
    • impact-pressure
    • modelling
    • hazard-mapping
    • avalanche
    • release
    • ramms