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Convection of snow: when and why does it happen?

Convection of water vapor in snowpacks is supposed to have a major impact on snow density and microstructure profiles with strong implications for the thermal regime and snow stability. However, the process has never been directly measured and only recentl ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2023

Evaluating a prediction system for snow management

Michael Lehning

The evaluation of snowpack models capable of accounting for snow management in ski resorts is a major step towards acceptance of such models in supporting the daily decision-making process of snow production managers. In the framework of the EU Horizon 202 ...

COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH2021

The monitoring and modelling of snow preparation in alpine and cross country ski areas

The report explores the eects of track preparation in alpine and cross country skiing areas. The rapidly evolving state of the art and the high customer demand are pushing the ski resorts to dedicate an increasing part of their budget to the production and ...

2020

Simulation of snow management in Alpine ski resorts using three different snow models

Michael Lehning, Mathias Thierry Pierre Bavay

Snow management, i. e., snowmaking and grooming, is an integral part of modern ski resort management. While the current snow cover distribution on the slopes is often well known thanks to the usage of advanced monitoring techniques, information about its f ...

ELSEVIER2020

Are Existing Monocular Computer Vision-Based 3D Motion Capture Approaches Ready for Deployment? A Methodological Study on the Example of Alpine Skiing

Pascal Fua, Helge Jochen Rhodin, Mirela Ostrek

In this study, we compared a monocular computer vision (MCV)-based approach with the golden standard for collecting kinematic data on ski tracks (i.e., video-based stereophotogrammetry) and assessed its deployment readiness for answering applied research q ...

2019

Development of a New Embedded Dynamometer for the Measurement of Forces and Torques at the Ski-Binding Interface

Alain Schorderet, Frédéric Meyer, Alain Michel Prenleloup

In alpine skiing, understanding the interaction between skiers and snow is of primary importance for both injury prevention as well as performance analysis. Risk of injuries is directly linked to constraints undergone by the skier. A force platform placed ...

2019

Improving the accuracy of low-cost GNSS by fusion with inertial and magnetic sensors in alpine ski racing

Kamiar Aminian, Benedikt Fasel

For analysing performance in alpine ski racing, an accurate estimation of the skier’s centre of mass trajectory and speed is indispensable. However, the sole use of low-cost GNSS might not be accurate enough to detect meaningful differences. The aim of thi ...

2016

Evaluation of slope stability with respect to snowpack spatial variability

Johan Alexandre Philippe Gaume

The evaluation of avalanche release conditions constitutes a great challenge for risk assessment in mountainous areas. The spatial variability of snowpack properties has an important impact on snow slope stability and thus on avalanche formation, since it ...

2014

Spatially-resolved mean flow and turbulence help explain observed erosion and deposition patterns of snow over Antarctic sea ice

Michael Lehning, Marc Parlange, Katherine Colby Leonard, Charles Vivant Ignacio Meneveau, Ernesto Trujillo Gomez, Marco Giovanni Giometto

Sea ice-atmosphere interactions are major drivers of patterns of sea ice flows and deformations in Polar regions, and affect snow erosion and deposition at the surface. Here, we combine analyses of sea ice surface topography at very high-resolutions (~1-10 ...

2014

Fiona Pia à l'ENSAPLV, Paris

Fiona Pia

Dans le cadre du workshop international, Fiona Pia de l'EPFL présentera les "Alpine resorts" et Mathias Gunz de l'ETH STUDIO BASEL présentera les "Quiet zones". Cette journée d'étude est organisée par le laboratoire AMP-LAVUE en partenariat avec l'Universi ...

2013

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