Snow cover models

There are two main snow cover models used for avalanche forecasting.

SNOWPACK

• Maintained by the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
• Source code
• Documentation servers:
  • MeteoIO
  • Snowpack
• Recommended citations:

Crocus

• Maintained by the French National Centre for Meteorological Research
• Source code: ?
• Documentation: ?
• Recommended citations:

Toolchains

• AWSOME
  • Toolchain for automated meteorological calculations and operational avalanche forecasts
  • Source code
• Canadian Hydrological Model
  • Modular unstructured mesh-based approach for hydrological modelling
  • Source code

Post-processing

• SFU Avalanche Research Program R packages
  • https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sarp.snowprofile/readme/README.html
  • https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sarp.snowprofile.alignment/readme/README.html

Publications

• Application of physical snowpack models in support of operational avalanche hazard forecasting: A status report on current implementations and prospects for the future