Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016
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.
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