Snow avalanche data Davos, Switzerland, 1999-2019

These data include all avalanches that were mapped in the region of Davos, Switzerland during the winters 1998-1999 to 2018-2019 (21 years), in total 13,918 avalanches, and the corresponding forecast danger level valid on the day of avalanche occurrence, 3533 days and danger ratings in total.

This avalanche activity data set was analysed and results published by Schweizer et al. (2020). They found that the number of avalanches per day strongly increased with increasing danger level, but avalanche size was poorly related to avalanche danger level.

The data are provided in two files: the first includes the avalanche data (13,918 records); the second includes the avalanche activity per day (3533 records). Please refer to the Read-me file for further details on the data.

These data are the basis of the following publication: Schweizer, J., Mitterer, C., Techel, F., Stoffel, A. and Reuter, B., 2020. On the relation between avalanche occurrence and avalanche danger level. The Cryosphere, 14, 737-750, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-737-2020.

Funding Information:

This work was supported by:
  • WSL
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (link) (Grant/Award: P2EZP2_168896)

Related Publications

Schweizer, J., Mitterer, C., Techel, F., Stoffel, A. and Reuter, B., 2020. On the relation between avalanche occurrence and avalanche danger level. The Cryosphere, 14, 737-750, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-737-2020.

Citation:

Schweizer, Jürg; Mitterer, Christoph; Techel, Frank; Stoffel, Andreas; Reuter, Benjamin (2020). Snow avalanche data Davos, Switzerland, 1999-2019. EnviDat. doi:10.16904/envidat.134.

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DOI 10.16904/envidat.134
Publication State Published
Authors
  • Email: schweizerfoo(at)slf.ch ORCID: 0000-0001-5076-2968 Given Name: Jürg Family Name: Schweizer Affiliation: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF DataCRediT: Validation, Curation, Publication, Supervision
  • Email: chris.mittererfoo(at)tirol.gv.at ORCID: 0000-0002-2268-8016 Given Name: Christoph Family Name: Mitterer Affiliation: Avalanche Forecasting Service Tyrol DataCRediT: Validation, Curation, Software, Publication
  • Email: techelfoo(at)slf.ch ORCID: 0000-0001-5686-6127 Given Name: Frank Family Name: Techel Affiliation: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Additional Affiliation : University of Zurich, Departement of Geography DataCRediT: Validation, Curation, Software, Publication
  • Email: stoffelfoo(at)slf.ch Given Name: Andreas Family Name: Stoffel Affiliation: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF DataCRediT: Collection, Validation, Curation, Software, Publication
  • Email: reuterfoo(at)slf.ch ORCID: 0000-0002-7302-3858 Given Name: Benjamin Family Name: Reuter Affiliation: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Additional Affiliation : Météo France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Étude de la Neige, Grenoble, France DataCRediT: Validation, Publication
Contact Person Given Name: Jürg Family Name: Schweizer Email: schweizerfoo(at)slf.ch Affiliation: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF ORCID: 0000-0001-5076-2968
Subtitles
Publication Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2020
Dates
  • Type: Collected Date: 1998-10-01 End Date: 2019-09-30
Version 1.0
Type dataset
General Type Dataset
Language English
Location Switzerland
Content License ODbL with Database Contents License (DbCL)    [Open Data]
Last Updated April 11, 2022, 12:05 (UTC)
Created February 1, 2020, 17:03 (UTC)