by Aline Grötsch | Aug 29, 2016 | Eis und Schnee |
On August 25, 2016 several ice avalanches with a total volume of 20’000 cubic meters fell down at the Eiger. Geopraevent monitors the glacier since beginning of 2016. An interferometric radar detects the smallest movements of the glacier and sends the data to...
by Aline Grötsch | Apr 15, 2016 | Eis und Schnee |
Geopraevent’s avalanche radar in Zermatt was featured on the Swiss evening news show 10vor10 on February 16th 2016. This system is the first of its kind, monitoring a lare area of more than 2 km² thanks to its large range and wide opening angle. When the systems...
by Aline Grötsch | Jan 27, 2016 | Eis und Schnee |
To increase the safety on the cantonal road between Zermatt and Täsch in the Canton of Valais, we installed a brand new avalanche warning system in early winter of 2015. Two radars monitor 2 square km of avalanche terrain, automatically closing the road to traffic...
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...
by Aline Grötsch | Jul 21, 2014 | Eis und Schnee |
The overhanging tongue of the Trift Glacier presents a potential threat to people on and in the vicinity of the Trift Lake because it could detach from the upper part of the glacier and cause tidal waves in the lake. In order to foresee a possible ice avalanche,...
by Aline Grötsch | Aug 6, 2013 | Eis und Schnee |
After weeks of a steadily rising water level, the large glacial lake Faverges on the Plaine Morte glacier drained completely on the 1st and 2nd of august. Our webcam station captured the whole event, as approximately 1.5 mio cubic meters of water seemingly disappeared...
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