Snow avalanche problems in New Zealand
Date:
Location:
Hörsaal Davos & Zoom
Organised by:
SLF
Speakers:
Aubrey Miller, University of Otago
Moderators:
Yves Bühler
Languages:
English
Type of event:
Presentations and colloquia
Audience:
Everybody interested in this topic
New Zealand’s climate and topography create conditions for challenging avalanche problems. For example, large wet avalanches will sometimes generate powder clouds, and storms will bring > 500 mm of rain to an alpine snowpack the middle of winter. Relatively sparse observational records hamper efforts to characterize avalanche hazards in many places. Our work aims to better understand avalanches in New Zealand using remote sensing observations and modelling.
Zoom-Link: https://wsl.zoom.us/j/61728851606?pwd=b21tQ2xMejBpYWp5OGxvSFBJenIwQT09