Automated identification of potential snow avalanche release areas based on digital elevation models

Bühler, Y.; Kumar, S.; Veitinger, J.; Christen, M.; Stoffel, A.; Snehmani,

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-1321-2013

Interactive snow avalanche segmentation from webcam imagery: results, potential, and limitations

Elisabeth D. Hafner, Theodora Kontogianni, Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Lucien Oberson, Jan Dirk Wegner, Konrad Schindler, and Yves Bühler

The Cryosphere, 18, 3807–3823, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3807-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3807-2024, 2024

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Simulation of cold powder avalanches considering daily snowpack and weather situations to enhance road safety

Julia Glaus, Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Perry Bartelt, Marc Christen, Lukas Stoffel, Johan Gaume, and Yves Bühler

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-771,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-771, 2024

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Avalanche size estimation and avalanche outline determination by experts: reliability and implications for practice

Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Jan Dirk Wegner, Konrad Schindler, and Yves Bühler

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 2895–2914, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2895-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2895-2023, 2023

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Spatially continuous snow depth mapping by aeroplane photogrammetry for annual peak of winter from 2017 to 2021 in open areas

Leon J. Bührle, Mauro Marty, Lucie A. Eberhard, Andreas Stoffel, Elisabeth D. Hafner, and Yves Bühler

The Cryosphere, 17, 3383–3408, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3383-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3383-2023, 2023

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Shape still matters: rockfall interactions with trees and deadwood in a mountain forest uncover a new facet of rock shape dependency

Adrian Ringenbach, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt, Andreas Rigling, Marc Christen, Yves Bühler, Andreas Stoffel, and Andrin Caviezel

Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 779–801, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-779-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-779-2023, 2023

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Large-scale risk assessment on snow avalanche hazard in alpine regions

Gregor Ortner, Michael Bründl, Chahan M. Kropf, Thomas Röösli, Yves Bühler, and David N. Bresch

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 2089–2110, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2089-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2089-2023, 2023

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Modeling deadwood for rockfall mitigation assessments in windthrow areas

Adrian Ringenbach, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt, Andreas Rigling, Marc Christen, Yves Bühler, Andreas Stoffel, and Andrin Caviezel

Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 1303–1319, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1303-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1303-2022, 2022

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Automated snow avalanche release area delineation in data-sparse, remote, and forested regions

John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli, and Yves Bühler

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3247–3270, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3247-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3247-2022, 2022

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Automated avalanche mapping from SPOT 6/7 satellite imagery with deep learning: results, evaluation, potential and limitations

Elisabeth D. Hafner, Patrick Barton, Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Jan Dirk Wegner, Konrad Schindler, and Yves Bühler

The Cryosphere, 16, 3517–3530, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3517-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3517-2022, 2022

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The impact of terrain model source and resolution on snow avalanche modeling

Aubrey Miller, Pascal Sirguey, Simon Morris, Perry Bartelt, Nicolas Cullen, Todd Redpath, Kevin Thompson, and Yves Bühler

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2673–2701, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2673-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2673-2022, 2022

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Full-scale experiments to examine the role of deadwood in rockfall dynamics in forests

Adrian Ringenbach, Elia Stihl, Yves Bühler, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt, Andreas Rigling, Marc Christen, Guang Lu, Andreas Stoffel, Martin Kistler, Sandro Degonda, Kevin Simmler, Daniel Mader, and Andrin Caviezel

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2433–2443, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2433-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2433-2022, 2022

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Automated avalanche hazard indication mapping on a statewide scale

Yves Bühler, Peter Bebi, Marc Christen, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, Andreas Stoffel, Christoph Marty, Gregor Schmucki, Andrin Caviezel, Roderick Kühne, Stephan Wohlwend, and Perry Bartelt

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1825–1843, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1825-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1825-2022, 2022

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Brief communication: Key papers of 20 years in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Animesh K. Gain, Yves Bühler, Pascal Haegeli, Daniela Molinari, Mario Parise, David J. Peres, Joaquim G. Pinto, Kai Schröter, Ricardo M. Trigo, María Carmen Llasat, and Heidi Kreibich

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 985–993, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-985-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-985-2022, 2022

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Multiscale analysis of surface roughness for the improvement of natural hazard modelling

Natalie Brožová, Tommaso Baggio, Vincenzo D'Agostino, Yves Bühler, and Peter Bebi

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 3539–3562, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3539-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3539-2021, 2021

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A seasonal algorithm of the snow-covered area fraction for mountainous terrain

Nora Helbig, Michael Schirmer, Jan Magnusson, Flavia Mäder, Alec van Herwijnen, Louis Quéno, Yves Bühler, Jeff S. Deems, and Simon Gascoin

The Cryosphere, 15, 4607–4624, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4607-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4607-2021, 2021

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Mapping avalanches with satellites – evaluation of performance and completeness

Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Silvan Leinss, and Yves Bühler

The Cryosphere, 15, 983–1004, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021, 2021

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Fractional snow-covered area: scale-independent peak of winter parameterization

Nora Helbig, Yves Bühler, Lucie Eberhard, César Deschamps-Berger, Simon Gascoin, Marie Dumont, Jesus Revuelto, Jeff S. Deems, and Tobias Jonas

The Cryosphere, 15, 615–632, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-615-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-615-2021, 2021

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Intercomparison of photogrammetric platforms for spatially continuous snow depth mapping

Lucie A. Eberhard, Pascal Sirguey, Aubrey Miller, Mauro Marty, Konrad Schindler, Andreas Stoffel, and Yves Bühler

The Cryosphere, 15, 69–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021, 2021

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Snow avalanche detection and mapping in multitemporal and multiorbital radar images from TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1

Silvan Leinss, Raphael Wicki, Sämi Holenstein, Simone Baffelli, and Yves Bühler

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 1783–1803, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1783-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1783-2020, 2020

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Radar measurements of blowing snow off a mountain ridge

Benjamin Walter, Hendrik Huwald, Josué Gehring, Yves Bühler, and Michael Lehning

The Cryosphere, 14, 1779–1794, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1779-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1779-2020, 2020

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Seismo-acoustic energy partitioning of a powder snow avalanche

Emanuele Marchetti, Alec van Herwijnen, Marc Christen, Maria Cristina Silengo, and Giulia Barfucci

Earth Surf. Dynam., 8, 399–411, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-399-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-399-2020, 2020

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

Yves Bühler, Elisabeth D. Hafner, Benjamin Zweifel, Mathias Zesiger, and Holger Heisig

The Cryosphere, 13, 3225–3238, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3225-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3225-2019, 2019

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Reconstruction of four-dimensional rockfall trajectories using remote sensing and rock-based accelerometers and gyroscopes

Andrin Caviezel, Sophia E. Demmel, Adrian Ringenbach, Yves Bühler, Guang Lu, Marc Christen, Claire E. Dinneen, Lucie A. Eberhard, Daniel von Rickenbach, and Perry Bartelt

Earth Surf. Dynam., 7, 199–210, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-199-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-199-2019, 2019

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Automated snow avalanche release area delineation – validation of existing algorithms and proposition of a new object-based approach for large-scale hazard indication mapping

Yves Bühler, Daniel von Rickenbach, Andreas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, and Marc Christen

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3235–3251, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3235-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3235-2018, 2018

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SUBAQUATIC DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS FROM UAV-IMAGERY

C. Mulsow, R. Kenner, Y. Bühler, A. Stoffel, and H.-G. Maas

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2, 739–744, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-739-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-739-2018, 2018

Modeling the influence of snow cover temperature and water content on wet-snow avalanche runout

Cesar Vera Valero, Nander Wever, Marc Christen, and Perry Bartelt

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 869–887, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-869-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-869-2018, 2018

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Regional snow-avalanche detection using object-based image analysis of near-infrared aerial imagery

Karolina Korzeniowska, Yves Bühler, Mauro Marty, and Oliver Korup

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 1823–1836, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1823-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1823-2017, 2017

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Debris-flow modeling at Meretschibach and Bondasca catchments, Switzerland: sensitivity testing of field-data-based entrainment model

Florian Frank, Brian W. McArdell, Nicole Oggier, Patrick Baer, Marc Christen, and Andreas Vieli

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 801–815, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-801-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-801-2017, 2017

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Modelling wet snow avalanche runout to assess road safety at a high-altitude mine in the central Andes

Cesar Vera Valero, Nander Wever, Yves Bühler, Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, and Perry Bartelt

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2303–2323, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016, 2016

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Mapping snow depth in alpine terrain with unmanned aerial systems (UASs): potential and limitations

Yves Bühler, Marc S. Adams, Ruedi Bösch, and Andreas Stoffel

The Cryosphere, 10, 1075–1088, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1075-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1075-2016, 2016

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Forest damage and snow avalanche flow regime

T. Feistl, P. Bebi, M. Christen, S. Margreth, L. Diefenbach, and P. Bartelt

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1275–1288, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1275-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1275-2015, 2015

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Point release wet snow avalanches

C. Vera Valero, Y. Bühler, and P. Bartelt

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-2883-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-2883-2015, 2015

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Snow depth mapping in high-alpine catchments using digital photogrammetry

Y. Bühler, M. Marty, L. Egli, J. Veitinger, T. Jonas, P. Thee, and C. Ginzler

The Cryosphere, 9, 229–243, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-229-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-229-2015, 2015

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Elevation dependency of mountain snow depth

T. Grünewald, Y. Bühler, and M. Lehning

The Cryosphere, 8, 2381–2394, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2381-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2381-2014, 2014

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Computational snow avalanche simulation in forested terrain

M. Teich, J.-T. Fischer, T. Feistl, P. Bebi, M. Christen, and A. Grêt-Regamey

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2233–2248, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2233-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2233-2014, 2014

Avalanche situation in Turkey and back calculation of selected events

A. Aydin, Y. Bühler, M. Christen, and I. Gürer

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1145–1154, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1145-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1145-2014, 2014

Automated identification of potential snow avalanche release areas based on digital elevation models

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