-
Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK
Éducation, culture et 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 abov...
- TXT
- ZIP
-
Wind crust formation: Microsoft Kinect data
Éducation, culture et sport
This data sets contains the Microsoft Kinect data from 15 wind tunnel experiments on wind-packing / wind crust formation. These experiments were performed in the winter 2016/17....
- ZIP
- SERVICE
- TXT
-
SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 24 January 2018
Éducation, culture et 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 (...
- SHP
-
Snow water equivalent for reference date April 1 for Wägital catchment, start...
Éducation, culture et 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 1500m-2...
- TXT
-
Energy- and momentum-conserving model of splash entrainment in sand and snow ...
Éducation, culture et sport
The files contain the datasets used to produce Figures 2, 3, and 4 of the manuscript ([doi: 10.1002/2016GL071822](http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071822)). Manuscript Abstract...
- TXT
-
Compressive stick slip and snow-micro-quakes
Éducation, culture et 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 experime...
- SERVICE
- TXT
-
Snowfarming data set Davos and Martell 2015
Éducation, culture et sport
Two data sets obtained for snow farming projects (Fluela, Davos, CH and Martell, IT) in 2015. The data set contains for each site: * 10 cm GIS raster of snow depth calculated...
- SERVICE
- TXT
-
How do stability corrections perform in the stable boundary layer over snow?
Éducation, culture et 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 al...
- ZIP
-
Meteorological data used to develop and validate the bias-detecting ensemble ...
Éducation, culture et 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 describe...
- ZIP
- TXT
-
Data set on bromide oxidation by ozone in snow during metamorphism from labor...
Éducation, culture et 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 an...
- SERVICE
-
UAS based snow depth maps Brämabüel, Davos, CH
Éducation, culture et sport
This snow depth map was generated 14 January 2015, close to peak of winter accumulation, applying Unmanned Aerial System digital surface models with a spatial resolution of 10 c...
- SERVICE
- TIFF
-
Wind crust formation: SnowMicroPen data
Éducation, culture et 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...
- SERVICE
- TXT
- ZIP
-
Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)
Éducation, culture et sport
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; value...
- XLS
-
Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weiss...
Éducation, culture et 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 frequenc...
- SERVICE
-
Modeling snow failure with DEM
Éducation, culture et 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.
- ZIP
- SERVICE
-
Snow Drift Station - Micro Rain Radar
Éducation, culture et sport
The instrument (MRR, Metek) was mounted at Gotschnagrat (LON: 46.859 LAT: 9.849) at a height of 1 m above snow surface (at the beginning of the campaign) with an orientation of ...
- ZIP
-
Experiments on stable water isotopes, snow metamorphism, and advection
Éducation, culture et 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 affe...
- TXT
- ZIP
-
Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep...
Éducation, culture et 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...
- CSV
- SERVICE
- ZIP
-
Snow and the water cycle in a changing climate
Éducation, culture et sport
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...
- SERVICE
-
Satellite avalanche mapping validation data
Éducation, culture et sport
Validation points, validation area, ground truth coverage, SPOT 6 avalanche outlines, Sentinel-1 avalanche outlines, Sentinel-2 avalanche outlines, Davos avalanche mapping (DAva...
- ZIP
-
Automated Avalanche Release Area (PRA) Delineation Davos
Éducation, culture et 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...
- ZIP
-
Saltation of cohesive granular materials
Éducation, culture et sport
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 th...
- ZIP
-
GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data
Éducation, culture et 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, ...
- CSV
-
Field observations of snow instabilities
Éducation, culture et 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, ma...
- CSV
-
Kinetic experiments on the oxidation of bromide by ozone from 289-245 K.
Éducation, culture et sport
The reaction of ozone with bromide in polar regions results in the formation of reactive bromide species with impacts on ozone budget and the oxidative capacity of the lower atm...
- CSV