Item: Climate Database for Avalanche Warning in Norway
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Title: Climate Database for Avalanche Warning in Norway
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 2004 International Snow Science Workshop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Authors:
- Christian Jaedicke [ Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway ]
- Steinar Bakkehøi [ Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway ]
Date: 2004
Abstract: Climate data is an essential tool for the study of weather induced geotechnical processes like avalanches. Climate data provides on overview of normal and extreme weather conditions at a given location. This information can be used in risk analysis, for the evaluation of past avalanche events, and for every day forecasting services. The data can be analyzed for the return period of extreme events with focus on hazard zoning and design standards. A database was designed to serve as a practical tool for everyday avalanche work at NGI. The database includes weather observations from over 100 Norwegian synoptic stations with three to four observations a day. The focus is on stations in avalanche prone areas, such as fjords on the west coast and the coastal areas in northern Norway. Since synoptic stations in the Norwegian mountains are sparse, the analyzer still has to use experience in judging the avalanche situation in the mountains from observations near the coast. The analysis tools connected to the database are collected in a graphical user interface that allows easy access to the data, plotting of the results as wind roses and time series performing a number of statistical analyses such as return periods for extreme events. The climate database builds a basis for further development of a cross-connected avalanche-climate database currently developed at NGI.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: avalanche warning, climate, mountain weather
Page Number(s): 255-260
Subjects: avalanche warning snow climate weather forecasts
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