Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
NHESS
Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2673-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2673-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
Research article
 | 
22 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 22 Aug 2022

The impact of terrain model source and resolution on snow avalanche modeling

Aubrey Miller, Pascal Sirguey, Simon Morris, Perry Bartelt, Nicolas Cullen, Todd Redpath, Kevin Thompson, and Yves Bühler

Viewed

Total article views: 3,638 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,543 1,022 73 3,638 103 99
  • HTML: 2,543
  • PDF: 1,022
  • XML: 73
  • Total: 3,638
  • BibTeX: 103
  • EndNote: 99
Views and downloads (calculated since 05 Apr 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 05 Apr 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,638 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,446 with geography defined and 192 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 17 Nov 2025
Download
Short summary
Natural hazard modelers simulate mass movements to better anticipate the risk to people and infrastructure. These simulations require accurate digital elevation models. We test the sensitivity of a well-established snow avalanche model (RAMMS) to the source and spatial resolution of the elevation model. We find key differences in the digital representation of terrain greatly affect the simulated avalanche results, with implications for hazard planning.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint