by Susanne Wahlen | Nov 23, 2018 | News |
The hanging glacier on the north-eastern face of famous Weisshorn (4506 m a.s.l.) of Switzerland is now permanently monitored by our deformation camera. We installed the 42 megapixel camera with HDR option at the end of October 2018. The camera photographs the glacier...
by Susanne Wahlen | Oct 22, 2018 | News |
The 22nd ISSW (International Snow Science Workshop) took place in Innsbruck from 7 to 12 October 2018. The world’s largest conference in the field of snow and avalanches brings together practitioners and researchers from all over the world every two years. As a...
by Susanne Wahlen | Sep 11, 2018 | News |
After the big rock avalanche at Pizzo Cengalo on August 23, 2017 and several subsequent, powerful debris flows, we expanded natural hazard monitoring in Bondo on behalf of the forestry and natural hazards office, canton Grisons. Since September 2017 (see news entry)...
by Susanne Wahlen | Aug 15, 2018 | News |
As web developer, you are part of a small software team in charge of development of web applications that visualize measurement data, e.g. avalanches or landslides, and the status monitoring of our stations. One of your main tasks is to illustrate complex information...
by Susanne Wahlen | Aug 5, 2018 | Ice and snow, News, Water |
The glacial lake Faverge on Plaine Morte glacier in the Swiss Alps drained again. On 27 July 2018, 12 PM, our monitoring system detected a drop in the lake level, which had continuously risen to 17 m over the previous two months. The critical level difference was...
by Susanne Wahlen | Jul 4, 2018 | Ice and snow, News |
The third winter of avalanche radar operation for avalanche detection in Zermatt was an extraordinary one with record-breaking snowfalls and extreme avalanche situations. The two avalanche radars counted a total of 244 avalanches in the Lüegetli and Schusslobina...
