Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-533-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-533-2021
Research article
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05 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 05 Feb 2021

A regional spatiotemporal analysis of large magnitude snow avalanches using tree rings

Erich Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel Stahle, Gregory Pederson, Karl Birkeland, and Daniel Fagre

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We sampled 647 trees from 12 avalanche paths to investigate large snow avalanches over the past 400 years in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Sizable avalanches occur approximately every 3 years across the region. Our results emphasize the importance of sample size, scale, and spatial extent when reconstructing avalanche occurrence across a region. This work can be used for infrastructure planning and avalanche forecasting operations.
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