Potential slab avalanche release area identification from estimated winter terrain: a multi-scale, fuzzy logic approach

Veitinger, Jochen; Purves, Ross Stuart; Sovilla, Betty

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

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07 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 07 Oct 2016

Potential slab avalanche release area identification from estimated winter terrain: a multi-scale, fuzzy logic approach

Jochen Veitinger, Ross Stuart Purves, and Betty Sovilla

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RC C2852: 'Reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Dec 2015
- AC C3368: 'Author comment for rewiev 1', Jochen Veitinger, 07 Apr 2016
RC C3035: 'Comments on the discussion paper', Harald Schernthanner, 24 Jan 2016
- AC C3369: 'Author comment for rewiev 2', Jochen Veitinger, 07 Apr 2016

Short summary

Avalanche hazard assessment requires a very precise estimation of the potential starting zone, which nowadays still depends, to a large extent, on expert judgement of avalanches. Therefore, a new algorithm for automated identification of potential avalanche release areas was developed. Potential avalanche release areas can be defined for varying snow accumulation scenarios, improving the automated estimation of release areas, in particular for frequent avalanches.