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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-775-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-775-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Research article
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18 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2016

Snow instability evaluation: calculating the skier-induced stress in a multi-layered snowpack

Fabiano Monti, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, and Jürg Schweizer

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We propose a new approach based on a simplification of the multi-layered elasticity theory in order to easily compute the additional stress due to a skier at the depth of the weak layer, taking into account the layering of the snow slab and the substratum. The method was tested on simplified snow profiles, then on manually observed snow profiles including a stability test and, finally, on simulated snow profiles, thereby showing the promise of our approach.
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