by Aline Grötsch | Apr 15, 2015 | Neuigkeiten |
Our work with radar-based landslide monitoring was shown in the movie Killer Landslides by NOVA on PBS. See the section about us or the whole movie...
by Aline Grötsch | Apr 10, 2015 | Rock |
On May 17th, 2014, a large ice avalanche detached from the Devdoraki Glacier on the north side of Mt. Kazbek (5033m), causing a large debris flow of several million cubic meters. The debris flow claimed several lives as it blocked an important road connecting Georgia...
by Aline Grötsch | Feb 27, 2015 | Neuigkeiten |
This is from a project in the Swiss Alps where avalanches are released artificially using blasting towers. The explosions are controlled remotely. For the safety of backcountry skiers, GEOPRAEVENT has developed a system using radar technology that detects and tracks...
by Aline Grötsch | Feb 5, 2015 | Rock |
We have updated the timelapse movie for the landslide Val Parghera. The area is still moving...
by Aline Grötsch | Nov 18, 2014 | Eis und Schnee |
Our radar-based glacier monitoring at Weissmies is operational since more than one month. Several ice avalanches happened during this time. We managed to capture one of them in unprecedented detail: Two days before the failure, locally increased velocities were...
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