Evaluating methods for debris-flow prediction based on rainfall in an Alpine catchment [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021 The prediction of debris flows is relevant because this type of natural hazard can pose a threat to humans and infrastructure. Debris-flow (and landslide) early warning systems often rely on rainfall intensity–duration (ID) thresholds. Multiple competing
J. Hirschberg +6 more
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Experimental short-time wildfire simulation—Physicochemical changes of forest mucky topsoil
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 Today, fires constitute one of the most important factors that can affect soil properties, acting at a rapid pace and on a large scale. They often result from climate change.
Dawid Kupka +4 more
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Rescue and homogenization of 140 years of glacier mass balance data in Switzerland [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2022 Glacier monitoring in Switzerland has resulted in some of the longest and most complete data series globally. Mass balance observations at individual locations, starting in the 19th century, are the backbone of the monitoring as they represent the raw ...
L. Geibel +12 more
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Halving of Swiss glacier volume since 1931 observed from terrestrial image photogrammetry [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 The monitoring of glaciers in Switzerland has a long tradition, yet glacier changes during the 20th century are only known through sparse observations.
E. S. Mannerfelt +16 more
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Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) ((18)O)water • deuterium(.) • waterflux • Relative Humidity • Air temperature • Snow depth Technology Type(s) wavelength scanned cavity ring-down spectrometer • off-axis integrated cavity output spectrometry • stream gauge, rain gauge ...
Jana von Freyberg +5 more
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Coupled forest growth-hydrology modelling as an instrument for the assessment of effects of forest management on hydrology in forested catchments [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2011 The type and intensity of forest management directly influences regional catchment hydrology. Future forest management must optimise the effects of its practices to achieve sustainable management. With scenario analysis of forestry practices, the effects
J. Sutmöller +3 more
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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022 Study region: The Terauchi catchment, southwestern Japan Study focus: This paper evaluates two gauge-merged precipitation datasets derived from weather radars (R/A) and satellites (GsMAP_G) based on their capability to improve streamflow simulation using
Slim Mtibaa, Shiho Asano
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Volume, evolution, and sedimentation of future glacier lakes in Switzerland over the 21st century [PDF]
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2022 Ongoing climate change and associated glacier retreat is causing rapid environmental change, including shifts in high-alpine landscapes. Glacier lakes, which can form in topographical depressions left behind by glacier retreat, are prominent features ...
T. Steffen +10 more
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Drainage of an ice-dammed lake through a supraglacial stream: hydraulics and thermodynamics [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 The glacier-dammed Lac des Faverges, located on Glacier de la Plaine Morte (Swiss Alps), has drained annually as a glacier lake outburst flood since 2011. In 2018, the lake volume reached more than 2 × 106 m3, and the resulting flood caused damage to the
C. Ogier +10 more
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Characterising englacial R-channels using artificial moulins
Journal of Glaciology, 2022 The englacial and subglacial drainage systems exert key controls on glacier dynamics. However, due to their inaccessibility, they are still only poorly understood and more detailed observations are important, particularly to validate and tune physical ...
Annegret Pohle +3 more
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