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Brief communication: Application of a muonic cosmic ray snow gauge to monitor the snow water equivalent on alpine glaciers

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Theoretical analysis of errors when estimating snow distribution through point measurements

In recent years, marked improvements in our knowledge of the statistical properties of the spatial distribution of snow properties have been achieved thanks to improvements in measuring technologies (e.g., LIDAR, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), and groun ...

Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh2015

Response of snow cover and runoff to climate change in high Alpine catchments of Eastern Switzerland

Michael Lehning, Thomas Grünewald, Mathias Thierry Pierre Bavay

A model study on the impact of climate change on snow cover and runoff has been conducted for the Swiss Canton of Graubünden. The model Alpine3D has been forced with the data from 35 Automatic Weather Stations in order to investigate snow and runoff dynami ...

2013

Seasonal simulation of drifting snow sublimation in Alpine terrain

Michael Lehning

We estimate seasonal drifting snow sublimation at a study site in the Swiss Alps with the numerical model Alpine3D using external wind fields from the Advanced Regional Prediction System on a high-resolution grid (10 m). Novel in the field of snow transpor ...

American Geophysical Union2013

Snowfall Limit Forecasts and Hydrological Modeling

Bettina Schaefli, Cara Christine Tobin, Andrea Rinaldo

Hydrological flood forecasting in mountainous areas requires accurate partitioning between rain and snowfall to properly estimate the extent of runoff contributing areas. Here a method to make use of snowfall limit information-a standard output of limited- ...

Amer Meteorological Soc2012

High-resolution vertical profiles of polarimetric X-band weather radar observables during snowfall in the Swiss Alps

Michael Lehning, Alexis Berne, Marc Schneebeli Zeugin

An X-band polarimetric radar was deployed in the eastern Swiss Alps at an altitude of 2133 m. Radar measurements were complemented with several weather stations deployed in an altitude range from 1500 to 3100 m as well as with a fixed GPS ground station th ...

Amer Meteorological Soc2012

Mapping frequencies of icing on structures in Switzerland

Michael Lehning, Thomas Grünewald, Walter Steinkogler, Philippe Steiner

Icing of structures is a problem for wind energy production in cold regions and makes careful planning of new projects essential. This study presents and evaluates a method to create a map showing the frequency of meteorological icing in Switzerland. Icing ...

2012