Snow cover models support avalanche forecasting. However, despite much development to
derive snow instability from snow cover model output, snow cover models presently do not …

Snow slab avalanches start with a failure in a weak snow layer buried below a cohesive
snow slab. After failure, the very porous character of the weak layer leads to its volumetric …

In many countries with seasonally snow-covered mountain ranges warnings are issued to
alert the public about imminent avalanche danger, mostly employing an ordinal, five-level …

A snow slab avalanche releases after failure initiation and crack propagation in a highly
porous weak snow layer buried below a cohesive slab. While our knowledge of crack …

Shallow landslides pose a significant threat to people and infrastructure. Despite significant
progress in the understanding of such phenomena, the evaluation of the size of the …

Using the analytical model presented in Part 1 of this two-part paper, a new conceptual
understanding of anticrack nucleation in weak layers is proposed. To obtain a sufficient …

Modeled snow stratigraphy and instability data are a promising source of information for
avalanche forecasting. While instability indices describing the mechanical processes of dry …

Snowpack models can provide detailed insight about the evolution of the snow stratigraphy
in a way that is not possible with direct observations. However, the lack of suitable data …

For a slab avalanche to release, the system, consisting of a weak layer below a cohesive
slab, must facilitate crack propagation over large distances–a process we call dynamic crack …

Consistency in assigning an avalanche danger level when forecasting or locally assessing
avalanche hazard is essential but challenging to achieve, as relevant information is often …