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PICO CR4.3

CR4.3

Snow, snow cover processes and avalanche formation
Convener: Alec van Herwijnen  | Co-Conveners: Henning Löwe , David McClung , Jürg Schweizer 
PICO
 / Thu, 16 Apr, 08:30–10:00

Thursday, 16 April 2015
PICO Spot 1
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:30–08:32
PICO1.1
EGU2015-9190
Snowfall and avalanche synchronization: beyond observational statistics
Benoît Crouzy, Romain Forclaz, Betty Sovilla, Javier Corripio, and Paolo Perona
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:32–08:34
PICO1.2
EGU2015-11270
Snow cover evolution during the fifty past years in the Hautes-Fagnes (Belgium) using the regional climate MAR model.
Coraline Wyard, Xavier Fettweis, and Michel Erpicum
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:34–08:36
PICO1.3
EGU2015-2132
Snow cover statistical model for assessment of vehicles mobility
Vladimir Belyakov, Andrey Kurkin, Denis Zezyulin, and Vladimir Makarov
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:36–08:38
PICO1.4
EGU2015-4133
Evaluation of snow-glide risk by modelling and on-site assessment
Georg Leitinger, Katrin Meusburger, Johannes Rüdisser, Erich Tasser, and Peter Höller
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:38–08:40
PICO1.5
EGU2015-13350
Merging a Terrain-Based Parameter and Snow Particle Counter Data for the Assessment of Snow Redistribution in the Col du Lac Blanc Area
Peter Schön, Alexander Prokop, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Vincent Vionnet, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Micha Heiser, and Kouichi Nishimura
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:40–08:42
PICO1.6
EGU2015-13910
A test of Automatic Blowing snow Station (ABS) in the French Alps
Yoichi ITO, Florence NAAIM-BOUVET, Kouichi NISHIMURA, Hervé BELLOT, and Firmin FONTAINE
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:42–08:44
PICO1.7
EGU2015-3038
Skier triggering of backcountry avalanches with skilled route selection
Alexandra Sinickas, Pascal Haegeli, and Bruce Jamieson
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:44–08:46
PICO1.8
EGU2015-15016
Patterns of snow instability within a small basin
Benjamin Reuter and Schweizer Jürg
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:46–08:48
PICO1.9
EGU2015-9834
First tests with a new Snow-Penetrometer
Paolo Scotton, Emiliano Casagranda, and Damiano Vescovo
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:48–08:50
PICO1.10
EGU2015-11092
A simple analytical model to assess the critical length for crack propagation in weak snowpack layers derived from discrete element simulations
Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:50–08:52
PICO1.11
EGU2015-4639
Mixed-mode shear-compression failure criterion for weak snowpack layers
Ingrid Reiweger, Johan Gaume, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:52–08:54
PICO1.12
EGU2015-10805
Numerical evaluation of the failure envelope of weak snow layers using the discrete element method
Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Ingrid Reiweger, Alec van Herwijnen, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:54–08:56
PICO1.13
EGU2015-5490
Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface Under a Controlled Temperature Gradient
Kevin Hammonds, Ross Lieb-Lappen, Ian Baker, Xuan Wang, and Zoe Courville
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:56–08:58
PICO1.14
EGU2015-12602
Propagation characteristics of acoustic waves in snow
Achille Capelli, Jagdish Chandra Kapil, Ingrid Reiweger, Jürg Schweizer, and Dani Or
Chairperson: Jan-Thomas Fischer
08:58–09:00
PICO1.15
EGU2015-3371
Yukimarimo at Dome C, Antarctica
Igor Petenko