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Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3387-2024
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
Research article
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02 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 02 Oct 2024

Glide-snow avalanches: a mechanical, threshold-based release area model

Amelie Fees, Alec van Herwijnen, Michael Lombardo, Jürg Schweizer, and Peter Lehmann

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Glide-snow avalanches release at the ground–snow interface, and their release process is poorly understood. To investigate the influence of spatial variability (snowpack and basal friction) on avalanche release, we developed a 3D, mechanical, threshold-based model that reproduces an observed release area distribution. A sensitivity analysis showed that the distribution was mostly influenced by the basal friction uniformity, while the variations in snowpack properties had little influence.
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