Item: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
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Title: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2016 Proceedings, Breckenridge, CO, USA
Authors:
- Harpa Grimsdottir [ Icelandic Meteorological Office, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Orn Ingolfsson [ POLS Engineering, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Magni H. Jonsson [ Icelandic Meteorological Office, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Vidir Arnarson [ POLS Engineering, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Halfdan Ingolfsson [ POLS Engineering, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Sveinn Brynjolfsson [ Icelandic Meteorological Office, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
- Gestur Hansson [ Icelandic Meteorological Office, Isafjordur, Iceland ]
Date: 2016-10-02
Abstract: A small innovation company in Iceland, POLS Engineering, has developed the SM4 automatic snowpack sensor that is currently installed at over 30 locations in Iceland and Norway as a tool for avalanche forecasting. POLS and the Icelandic Meteorological Office are collaborating in the development project Fjallasnjór (e. Mountainsnow) on further developing the instrument and the utilisation of data for avalanche forecasting. Within the project, new methods of installation in avalanche starting areas are being tested, the snowdepth algorithm is being improved, a method of monitoring the crystal growth rate in the snowpack is developed, and the control unit of the SM4 has been improved to allow for data transfer independent of GSM coverage as well as connection with other instruments such as anemometers.
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.30.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow sensor, automatic warnings, snow crystals, snow depth, facets
Page Number(s): 642-644
Subjects: avalanche forecasting snow crystals snow depth
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