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Oral Programme NH6.1/CR11.30

NH6.1/CR11.30

Snow cover and avalanches (co-organized)
Co-Conveners: Emma Surinach , Alec van Herwijnen , Jürg Schweizer , David McClung 
Oral Programme
 / Fri, 08 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / Room 11
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Fri, 08 Apr, 15:30–17:00  / Display Fri, 08 Apr, 08:00–17:00  / Halls X/Y
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD85 

Friday, 8 April 2011
Room 11
Chairperson: Charles Fierz
08:30–08:45
EGU2011-1978
Probability distribution of energetic-statistical strength size effect in alpine snow
David McClung and Chris Borstad
08:45–09:00
EGU2011-14072
Failure of weak snow layers
Ingrid Reiweger, Stephan Simioni, and Jürg Schweizer
09:00–09:15
EGU2011-3190
Influence of weak layer heterogeneity on slab avalanche release. Finite Element Modeling.
Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim, and Nicolas Eckert
09:15–09:30
EGU2011-9027 | presentation
Modeling snowpack on avalanche terrain for its stability estimation
Elena Klimenko
09:30–09:45
EGU2011-13916
Measuring wet-snow properties with ground-penetrating radar technology
Christoph Mitterer, Achim Heilig, Lino Schmid, Jürg Schweizer, and Olaf Eisen
09:45–10:00
EGU2011-5674
Climatological study of natural avalanche activity of the past 50 years in the French Alps
Hélène Castebrunet, Nicolas Eckert, and Gérald Giraud
COFFEE BREAK
10:30–10:45
EGU2011-10414
Future snow avalanche regime under climate scenarios in the Italian Alps
Andrea Soncini and Daniele Bocchiola
10:45–11:00
EGU2011-1440
Avalanche measurements by the radar-based monitoring system Grimming-Multereck
Helmut Schreiber, Klaus Lorentschitsch, Walter L. Randeu, Markus Mayerl, Alexander Podesser, and Arnold Studeregger
11:00–11:15
EGU2011-8177
Measurement of avalanche front velocity from high-speed terrestrial digital photogrammetry
Alvaro Soruco, Emmanuel Thibert, Christian Vincent, Renaud Blanc, and Raphële Héno
11:15–11:30
EGU2011-8448
Two-dimensional modeling of snow avalanches in Iceland - applications for hazard mapping and avalanche forecasting
Magni Hreinn Jónsson, Eiríkur Gíslason, Harpa Grímsdóttir, and Tómas Jóhannesson
11:30–11:45
EGU2011-9857
Effect of the slope curvature on an avalanche dynamics
Margarita E. Eglit
11:45–12:00
EGU2011-2604
Small-scale tests on granular avalanches against various types of flat obstacles
Paolo Caccamo, Thierry Faug, Hervé Bellot, Frederic Ousset, and Florence Naaim-Bouvet