Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard, endangering human life and infrastructure in
mountainous areas throughout the world. In many countries with seasonally snow‐covered …

The application of numerical modelling of the snowpack in support of avalanche hazard
prediction is increasing. Modelling, in complement to direct observations and weather …

Modeled snow stratigraphy and instability data are a promising source of information for
avalanche forecasting. While instability indices describing the mechanical processes of dry …

Snow cover models support avalanche forecasting. However, despite much development to
derive snow instability from snow cover model output, snow cover models presently do not …

The cryosphere in high mountain Asia (HMA) not only sustains the livelihoods of people
residing downstream through its capacity to store water but also holds the potential for …

Snow instability data provide information about the mechanical state of the snow cover and
are essential for forecasting snow avalanches. So far, direct observations of instability …

Snow instability is a generic term describing the propensity of a snow slope to avalanche. In
need of a concise mechanics‐based concept we suggest a framework based on failure …

Dry-snow slab avalanche release is preceded by a fracture process within the snowpack.
Recognizing weak-layer collapse as an integral part of the fracture process is crucial and …

We propose a closed-form analytical model for the mechanical behavior of stratified snow
covers for the purpose of investigating and predicting the physical processes that lead to the …

Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard in most snow-covered mountain areas of the
world. They are rapid gravity-driven mass movements and are considered a …