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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: January 17, 2024

    • ZIP
    • avalanche
    • hazard-indication-mapping
    • hazard-mapping
    • ramms
    • release
    • snow
  • A novel approach for bridging the gap between climate change scenarios and avalanche hazard indication mapping

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    To assess the possible consequences of potential changes in snow accumulation and temperature and their impact on avalanche hazard, we introduce a comprehensive multi-step...

    Last updated: October 28, 2025

    • ZIP
    • avalanche
    • avalanche-mapping
    • climate-change
    • hazard
    • new-snow
    • ramms
  • Assessing the impacts of climate change on snow avalanche-induced risk in alpine regions

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    By using hazard scenarios based on CH2018 climate projections and the RAMMS avalanche model, we generated large-scale hazard indication maps for future avalanche hazards. By...

    Last updated: October 28, 2025

    • ZIP
    • avalanche
    • climada
    • climate-change
    • ramms
    • risk
    • snow-avalanche