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Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weiss...
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... -
Selected wet snow avalanche activity data Davos, Switzerland (2011-2014)
Polygons of wet snow avalanches in the Davos area, as documented by the Swiss avalanche warning service. The georeferenced outlines of the avalanches contain both the release as... -
Saltation of cohesive granular materials
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... -
Dataset on PV Production in Snow Covered Mountains
Overview The SUNWELL Modelling Environment is a combination of data and code that models electricity production from satellite-derived irradiance data and other spatial data... -
Data set on interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in ...
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... -
Modeling snow failure with DEM
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. -
Literature data of sound speed in snow
This dataset contains literature data for snow density and frequency dependency of speed of sound waves in snow. The data were either available as tabular data in the original... -
L-Band Radiometry of Alpine Seasonal Snow Cover: 4 Years at the Davos-Laret R...
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... -
Data set on bromide oxidation by ozone in snow during metamorphism from labor...
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... -
Kinetic experiments on the oxidation of bromide by ozone from 289-245 K.
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... -
IceCube_microCT_Snow_grainsize
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... -
Snow and the water cycle in a changing climate
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... -
GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data
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,... -
GCOS SWE data from 11 stations in Switzerland
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... -
Forecast avalanche danger level European Alps 2011 - 2015
This dataset contains the data used in the publication by Techel et al., 2018 Spatial consistency and bias in avalanche forecasts - a case study in the European Alps (Nat Haz... -
Field observations of snow instabilities
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,... -
Fiber Bundle Model for snow failure and concurrent Acoustic Emissions
This dataset contains modeled and experimental results for laboratory snow failure experiments and the concurrent acoustic emissions signatures for different loading rates. For... -
Crack propagation speeds in weak snowpack layers from three events: PST, whum...
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... -
Dataset for "Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: Insights from...
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.:... -
A numerical solver for heat and mass transport in snow based on FEniCS
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...