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Links and resources

Operational dashboards

Source code

Model chains

  • SNOWPACK: maintained by the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF. Access the source code and documentation for MeteoIO and Snowpack.
  • Crocus: maintained by the French National Centre for Meteorological Research. Access the source code (coming to GitHub soon) and scientific documentation.
  • AWSOME: software framework for automating and visualizing weather and snow cover simulations in support of avalanche forecasting. Access the source code.
  • Canadian Hydrological Model: modular unstructured mesh-based approach for hydrological modelling. Access the source code.

Post-processing

Publications

Community publications

  • Evaluating snowpack models for avalanche forecasting: Status, challenges, and future directions, in preparation.
  • Morin, S., Horton, S., Techel, F., Bavay, M., Coléou, C., Fierz, C., Gobiet, A., Hagenmuller, P., Lafaysse, M., Ližar, M., Mitterer, C., Monti, F., Müller, K., Olefs, M., Snook, J., van Herwijnen, A., and Vionnet, V.: Application of physical snowpack models in support of operational avalanche hazard forecasting: A status report on current implementations and prospects for the future, Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 170, 102910, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2019.102910, 2020.

Primary model chain publications

  • How to cite SNOWPACK?
  • How to cite Crocus?