Temporospatial variability of snow's thermal conductivity on Arctic sea ice [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 Snow significantly impacts the seasonal growth of Arctic sea ice due to its thermally insulating properties. Various measurements and parameterizations of thermal properties exist, but an assessment of the entire seasonal evolution of thermal ...
A. R. Macfarlane +9 more
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Micrometeorological and morphological observations of surface hoar dynamics on a mountain snow cover [PDF]
, 2010 The formation, growth, and destruction of surface hoar crystals is an important feature of mountain snow covers as buried surface hoar layers are a frequent weak layer leading to unstable snowpacks.
C. Manes +17 more
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Snow instability evaluation: calculating the skier-induced stress in a multi-layered snowpack [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 The process of dry-snow slab avalanche formation can be divided into two phases: failure initiation and crack propagation. Several approaches tried to quantify slab avalanche release probability in terms of failure initiation based on shear stress and ...
F. Monti +3 more
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Soil erosion in an avalanche release site (Valle d'Aosta: Italy): towards a winter factor for RUSLE in the Alps [PDF]
, 2014 Soil erosion in Alpine areas is mainly related to extreme topographic and weather conditions. Although different methods of assessing soil erosion exist, the knowledge of erosive forces of the snow cover needs more investigation in order to allow soil ...
Maggioni, M. +17 more
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Fractional snow-covered area parameterization over complex topography [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 Fractional snow-covered area (SCA) is a key parameter in large-scale hydrological, meteorological and regional climate models. Since SCA affects albedos and surface energy balance fluxes, it is especially of interest over mountainous terrain where ...
N. Helbig +3 more
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Mortality rates of the Alpine Chamois : the influence of snow-meteorological factors [PDF]
, 2008 Especially for animals inhabiting alpine areas, winter environmental conditions can be limiting. Cold temperatures, hampered food availability and natural perils are just three of many potential threats that mountain ungulates face in winter ...
Jenny, H., Geiger, F., Jonas, T.
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A high-resolution snow dataset for Switzerland (2016–2025) combining physics-based simulations and in situ observations [PDF]
The CryosphereWe present a high-resolution snow dataset that provides daily estimates of snow depth, snow water equivalent, snow cover fraction, and snowmelt runoff for Switzerland and hydrologically connected bordering regions, covering water years 2016–2025.
M. Oberrauch +11 more
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How much can we save? Impact of different emission scenarios on future snow cover in the Alps [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 This study focuses on an assessment of the future snow depth for two larger Alpine catchments. Automatic weather station data from two diverse regions in the Swiss Alps have been used as input for the Alpine3D surface process model to compute the snow ...
C. Marty +3 more
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Automated prediction of wet-snow avalanche activity in the Swiss Alps
Journal of Glaciology, 2023 Wet-snow avalanches are triggered by the infiltration of liquid water which weakens the snowpack. Wet-snow avalanches are among the most destructive avalanches, yet their release mechanism is not sufficiently understood for a process-based prediction ...
Martin Hendrick +6 more
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Distributed snow and rock temperature modelling in steep rock walls using Alpine3D [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 In this study we modelled the influence of the spatially and temporally heterogeneous snow cover on the surface energy balance and thus on rock temperatures in two rugged, steep rock walls on the Gemsstock ridge in the central Swiss Alps.
A. Haberkorn +6 more
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