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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

Research article

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02 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 02 Nov 2016

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

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Simulating medium–small avalanches operationally on a mine service road allows avalanche hazard to be assessed on the mine transportation route. Using accurate data from the snow cover and the avalanche paths, the avalanche dynamic model developed can calculate the avalanche runout distances and snow volumes of the deposits. The model does not predict whether the avalanche is coming or not, but if it comes, the model will predict runout distances and mass of the deposits.