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ECT Test Update the avalanche review

ECT Test Update

2020 Frank Techel, Karl Birkeland, Doug Chabot, Jim Earl, Ivan Moner, and Rob Simenhois the avalanche review #39.1| winter 20/21 Summary Since its introduction in 2006, the Extended Column Test (ECT) has become one of the most popular tests to assess point snow instability. In 2009, two studies explored how ECT results correlated to observed instabilities, laying the foundation for…
4. November 2020
On the importance of snowpack stability, the frequency distribution of snowpack stability, and avalanche size in assessing the avalanche danger level Scientific papers

On the importance of snowpack stability, the frequency distribution of snowpack stability, and avalanche size in assessing the avalanche danger level

2020 Frank Techel, Karsten Müller, and Jürg Schweizer The Cryosphere, 14, 3503–3521, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3503-2020   Abstract 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 scarce and must be interpreted in light of uncertainties. Furthermore, the definitions of the danger levels, an ordinal variable,…
22. October 2020