34 datasets found

  • Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK

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    Education, culture and 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 above...

    Last updated: October 29, 2020

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-forecast
    • snow
    • snow-stability-evaluation
    • snowpack
  • Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep elevation gradient in the East-ern Swiss Alps

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    Education, culture and 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 4...

    Last updated: December 22, 2021

    • CSV
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • gnss
    • gps
    • liquid-water-content
    • lwc
    • snow
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • swe
  • 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
    • numerical-model
    • pattern-formation
    • python
    • snow
    • vapor-transport
  • 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

    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-failure
    • snow-micro-mechanics
  • Saltation of cohesive granular materials

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    Education, culture and 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 the...

    Last updated: May 31, 2022

    • ZIP
    • cohesion
    • saltation
    • sand
    • sediment
    • snow
    • wind
  • 3D_Snow_Models

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    Education, culture and sport

    The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • 3d-model
    • 3d-print
    • depth-hoar
    • new-snow
    • rounded-snow
    • snow
    • snow-cast
    • weak-layer
  • 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

    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • icecube
    • intercomparison
    • microct
    • snow
    • specific-surface-area
  • Automated Avalanche Release Area (PRA) Delineation Davos

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    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: January 17, 2024

    • ZIP
    • avalanche
    • hazard-indication-mapping
    • hazard-mapping
    • ramms
    • release
    • snow
  • Preferential deposition of snow and dust over hills: governing processes and relevant scales

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    Education, culture and sport

    Preferential deposition of snow and dust over complex terrain is responsible for a wide range of environmental processes, and accounts for a significant source of uncertainty in...

    Last updated: June 3, 2024

    • ZIP
    • atmosphere
    • deposition
    • dust
    • hill
    • particles
    • snow
    • turbulence
  • Multi-resolution CLM5 simulations across Switzerland

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    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains Community Land Model 5 (CLM5) simulation output over the spatial extent of Switzerland at different resolutions and based on a range of input datasets. It...

    Last updated: July 16, 2024

    • ZIP
    • clm5
    • evapotranspiration
    • forest-productivity
    • high-resolution
    • land-cover
    • land-use
    • oshd
    • snow
    • snow-simulation
  • 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: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • alpine-precipitation
    • alpine3d
    • alpine3d-simulations
    • snow
    • snow-cover
    • snow-distribution
    • snow-hydrology
  • 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: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • atmosphere
    • atmospheric-turbulence
    • snow
    • stable-boundary-layer
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
  • 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: February 13, 2025

    • TXT
    • ZIP
    • advection
    • metamorphism
    • snow
    • stable-water-isotope
    • 18o
  • 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: February 13, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • esm-snowmip
    • snow
    • snow-depth
    • snow-models
    • weissfluhjoch
  • Selected wet snow avalanche activity data Davos, Switzerland (2011-2014)

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    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...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • alps
    • avalanches
    • observations
    • shapefile
    • snow
  • Forecast avalanche danger level European Alps 2011 - 2015

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    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • CSV
    • ZIP
    • avalanche-forecast
    • danger-level
    • european-alps
    • snow
    • warning-regions
  • Automatic detection of avalanches

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    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains the results obtained by an automatic classification using hidden Markov models of a continuous seismic dataset. To avoid long computational times, we reduced...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • avalanche-activity
    • hidden-markov-model
    • monitoring
    • seismic
    • 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: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • acoustic-emissions
    • fiber-bundle-model
    • sintering
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-failure
    • snow-mechanics
    • viscous-deformation
  • Latent Heat Flux over Snow

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    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains three case studies where are compared the latent heat flux calculated using the Eddy Covariance (EC) method, the Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST) and...

    Last updated: February 25, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • central-asia
    • meta
    • meteo
    • meteo-station
    • snow
    • swiss-alps
  • 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 26, 2025

    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • PDF
    • latent-heat
    • natural-tracer
    • paleoclimate
    • post-depositional-processes
    • snow
    • stable-water-isotopes
    • sublimation
    • weissfluhjoch