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PICO CR3.3

CR3.3

Snow, snow cover processes and avalanche formation
Convener: Alec van Herwijnen  | Co-Conveners: Jürg Schweizer , Johan Gaume , Pascal Hagenmuller 
PICO
 / Thu, 21 Apr, 08:30–10:00

Thursday, 21 April 2016
PICO spot 1
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:30–08:32
PICO1.1
EGU2016-8663
In-situ observations of the April 2014 Mount Everest Avalanche
Kent Moore, Paolo Cristofanelli, Paolo Bonasoni, Gian Pietro Verza, and John Semple
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:32–08:34
PICO1.2
EGU2016-17938
Monte Carlo simulations within avalanche rescue
Ingrid Reiweger, Manuel Genswein, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:34–08:36
PICO1.3
EGU2016-9434
Comparison of seismic and infrasonic avalanche detection systems: first results from the Dischma valley above Davos, Switzerland
Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Emanuele Marchetti, and Maurizio Ripepe
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:36–08:38
PICO1.4
EGU2016-7822
Snowpack displacement measured by terrestrial radar interferometry as precursor for wet snow avalanches
Rafael Caduff, Andreas Wiesmann, and Yves Bühler
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:38–08:40
PICO1.5
EGU2016-16237
Deriving snow stratigraphy with an upward-looking radar system using full-waveform inversion (withdrawn)
Lino Schmid, Hansruedi Maurer, Achim Heilig, Olaf Eisen, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:40–08:42
PICO1.6
EGU2016-17906
Simulation of radar backscattering from snowpack at X-band and Ku-band
Michel Gay, Xuan-Vu Phan, and Laurent Ferro-Famil
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:42–08:44
PICO1.7
EGU2016-12446
Causes of snow instability variations at the basin scale
Benjamin Reuter, Bettina Richter, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:44–08:46
PICO1.8
EGU2016-3267
Probabilistic size effect law for mode II fracture of critical lengths in snow slab weak layers
David McClung
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:46–08:48
PICO1.9
EGU2016-4799
A new theory to evaluate the critical length for fracture propagation in snow
Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nander Wever, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:48–08:50
PICO1.10
EGU2016-2704
An analytical approach for the Propagation Saw Test
Lorenzo Benedetti, Jan-Thomas Fischer, and Johan Gaume
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:50–08:52
PICO1.11
EGU2016-15315
Modeling the spatial variability of snow instability with the snow cover model SNOWPACK
Bettina Richter, Benjamin Reuter, Johan Gaume, Charles Fierz, Mathias Bavay, Alec van Herwijnen, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:52–08:54
PICO1.12
EGU2016-11543
\textbf{SnopViz, an interactive snow profile visualization tool}
Charles Fierz, Thomas Egger, Matthias gerber, Mathias Bavay, and Frank Techel
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:54–08:56
PICO1.13
EGU2016-11274
Wind slab formation in snow: experimental setup and first results
Christian Sommer, Michael Lehning, and Charles Fierz
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:56–08:58
PICO1.14
EGU2016-12861
A new test apparatus for studying the failure process during loading experiments of snow
Achille Capelli, Ingrid Reiweger, and Jürg Schweizer
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
08:58–09:00
PICO1.15
EGU2016-15485
Determination of the elastic modulus of snow via acoustic measurements
Bastian Gerling, Alec van Herwijnen, and Henning Löwe
Chairperson: Marie Dumont
09:00–09:02
PICO1.16
EGU2016-607
A laboratory-based characterization of capillary barriers and preferential flow in snow
Francesco Avanzi, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsushima, and Carlo De Michele
09:02–10:00
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