New 3D Model to Help Avalanche Forecasts
18th July 2025
The 3D simulation tool was developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, ETHZ, and the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF. It enables more accurate…
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The 3D simulation tool was developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, ETHZ, and the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF.
It enables more accurate forecasts to be made of the course, height and propagation of alpine mass movements such as snow, ice and rock avalanches.
“We now have a reliable and operational tool that enables us to help the authorities to assess the possible consequences of imminent alpine mass movements by means of simulations,” said Johan Gaume, a professor at ETHZ and the SLF.
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