Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1911-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1911-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Research article
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09 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 09 Jun 2022

On the correlation between a sub-level qualifier refining the danger level with observations and models relating to the contributing factors of avalanche danger

Frank Techel, Stephanie Mayer, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Günter Schmudlach, and Kurt Winkler

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Can the resolution of forecasts of avalanche danger be increased by using a combination of absolute and comparative judgments? Using 5 years of Swiss avalanche forecasts, we show that, on average, sub-levels assigned to a danger level reflect the expected increase in the number of locations with poor snow stability and in the number and size of avalanches with increasing forecast sub-level.
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