Climate change impacts on snow avalanche activity and related risks

N Eckert, C Corona, F Giacona, J Gaume… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
In the rapidly evolving mountain cryosphere, snow avalanches threaten livelihoods,
settlements and infrastructure. In this Review, we analyse past and projected impacts of …

Characterizing snow instability with avalanche problem types derived from snow cover simulations

B Reuter, L Viallon-Galinier, S Horton… - Cold Regions Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Snow cover models support avalanche forecasting. However, despite much development to
derive snow instability from snow cover model output, snow cover models presently do not …

Where are the avalanches? Rapid SPOT6 satellite data acquisition to map an extreme avalanche period over the Swiss Alps

Y Bühler, ED Hafner, B Zweifel, M Zesiger… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
Accurate and timely information on avalanche occurrence is key for avalanche warning,
crisis management and avalanche documentation. Today such information is mainly …

Phenomenology of avalanche recordings from distributed acoustic sensing

P Paitz, N Lindner, P Edme, P Huguenin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Avalanches and other hazardous mass movements pose a danger to the population and
critical infrastructure in alpine areas. Hence, understanding and continuously monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the performance of an operational infrasound avalanche detection system at three locations in the Swiss Alps during two winter seasons

S Mayer, A van Herwijnen, G Ulivieri… - Cold regions science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Avalanche occurrences are unambiguous indicators of unstable snow conditions.
Information on past and current avalanche activity is therefore crucial for avalanche …

Snow avalanches

J Schweizer, P Bartelt, A van Herwijnen - Snow and ice-related hazards …, 2021 - Elsevier
Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard in most snow-covered mountain areas of the
world. They are rapid gravity-driven mass movements and are considered a …

Snow avalanche detection and source constraints made using a networked array of infrasound sensors

JB Johnson, JF Anderson, HP Marshall… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We studied a triggered snow avalanche (∼ 60 s in duration and with∼ 1,100 m run‐out)
using a network of infrasound arrays and time‐synced video, with the objective of …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic location and tracking of snow avalanches and slush flows on Mt. Fuji, Japan

C Pérez-Guillén, K Tsunematsu… - Earth Surface …, 2019 - esurf.copernicus.org
Avalanches are often released at the dormant stratovolcano Mt. Fuji, which is the highest
mountain of Japan (3776 m asl). These avalanches exhibit different flow types from dry …

The relationship between snoring sounds and EEG signals on polysomnography

M Kayabekir, M Yağanoğlu - Sleep and Breathing, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship of snoring sound signals
obtained by polysomnography (PSG) in the sleep laboratory with cortical EEG (6 channel) …

A simple method to evaluate the air-to-ground coupling efficiency: a tool helping the assessment of seismic/infrasonic energy partitioning during an eruption

M Ichihara, K Yamakawa, D Muramatsu - Earth, Planets and Space, 2021 - Springer
A volcanic eruption transmits both seismic and infrasound signals. The seismo-acoustic
power ratio is widely used to investigate the eruption behaviors and the source dynamics. It …