Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability

Schweizer, Jürg; Mitterer, Christoph; Reuter, Benjamin; Techel, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Research article

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16 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 16 Jul 2021

Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability

Jürg Schweizer, Christoph Mitterer, Benjamin Reuter, and Frank Techel

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Rune Engeset, 25 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Jürg Schweizer, 04 May 2021
RC2: 'Review of: Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability', Karl W. Birkland, 27 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Jürg Schweizer, 04 May 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 May 2021) by Adam Booth

AR by Jürg Schweizer on behalf of the Authors (19 May 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Jun 2021) by Adam Booth

AR by Jürg Schweizer on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Jun 2021) by Adam Booth

AR by Jürg Schweizer on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2021) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Snow avalanches threaten people and infrastructure in snow-covered mountain regions. To mitigate the effects of avalanches, warnings are issued by public forecasting services. Presently, the five danger levels are described in qualitative terms. We aim to characterize the avalanche danger levels based on expert field observations of snow instability. Our findings contribute to an evidence-based description of danger levels and to improve consistency and accuracy of avalanche forecasts.