Articles | Volume 26, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-411-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-411-2026
Research article
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22 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 22 Jan 2026

Autonomous and efficient large-scale snow avalanche monitoring with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

Jaeyoung Lim, Elisabeth Hafner-Aeschbacher, Florian Achermann, Rik Girod, David Rohr, Nicholas Lawrance, Yves Bühler, and Roland Siegwart

Data sets

Data for "Autonomous and efficient large-scale snow avalanche monitoring" J. Lim et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18198188

Model code and software

ethz-asl/active-terrain-mapping: v1.0 J. Lim https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18256214

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Short summary
As avalanches occur in remote and potentially dangerous locations, data relevant to avalanche monitoring is difficult to obtain. Uncrewed fixed-wing aerial vehicles are promising platforms for gathering aerial imagery to map avalanche activity over a large area. In this work, we present an unmanned aerial system (UAS) capable of autonomously navigating and mapping avalanches in steep mountainous terrain. We expect our work to enable efficient large-scale autonomous avalanche monitoring.
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