Understanding the dynamics of snow avalanches is crucial for predicting their destructive
potential and mobility. To gain insight into avalanche dynamics at a particle level, the …

The paper analyses and compares infrasonic and seismic data from snow avalanches
monitored at the Vallée de la Sionne test site in Switzerland from 2009 to 2010. Using a …

Pulsed Doppler radar measurements from several avalanche releases are analyzed to gain
an in-depth understanding of avalanche dynamics. A pulsed Doppler radar emits short …

The ground motion generated by a snow avalanche is a complex natural phenomenon
produced by the interaction of the avalanche with the snow cover and the terrain. Nowadays …

Dynamic avalanche modeling requires as input the volumes and areas of the snow
released, and consequently the fracture heights. Determining these parameters requires …

Mixed dry-snow avalanches are commonly thought to consist of a dense core and a dilute
suspension layer, even though observations and measurements from Canada and Russia …

Besides the runout distance of an avalanche information on avalanche intensity along the
path is often required for hazard zoning or planning of mitigation measures. The avalanche …

The full-scale avalanche test site at Lautaret Pass in the southern French Alps has been
used by IRSTEA-Cemagref Research Institute since 1972. Over recent years, two avalanche …

Approximate maximum frontal speeds from 89 snow avalanches were analyzed to yield
probabilistic estimates of maximum speed scaled with path length parameters. In addition to …

Abstract The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has run full-scale avalanche
experiments at the Ryggfonn test-site in Western-Norway for close to 40 years. The …