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Assessment of passive sampling for the monitoring of explosive residues in surface water
Sylvain Coudret, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Nicolas Estoppey
Between 1920 and 1967, approximately 8’200 tons of ammunition waste were dumped into several Swiss lakes. Previous studies based on grab sampling revealed traces of HMX, RDX and PETN in the water column of three studied lakes; however, these researches sho ...
2018Multidecadal sediment balance modelling of a cascade of alpine reservoirs and perspectives based on climate warming
Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Sebastián Guillén Ludeña
This paper presents a comprehensive methodology to model and determine the annual sediment balance of a complex system of interconnected reservoirs, based on the detailed interpretation of a multi-decadal data series of reservoir management and modelling o ...
2018LMA Observation of Upward Flashes at Santis Tower: Preliminary Results
Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Amirhossein Mostajabi
Lightning striking tall towers is mainly of the upward lightning type, which is characterized by the absence of a first return stroke and the presence of an initial continuous current (ICC) with or without superimposed pulses. The Santis Tower is 124 m tal ...
IEEE2018Influence of slope-scale snowmelt on catchment response simulated with the Alpine3D model
Michael Lehning, Wolf Hendrik Huwald, Ernesto Trujillo Gomez, Tristan Jonas Brauchli
Snow and hydrological modeling in alpine environments remains challenging because of the complexity of the processes affecting the mass and energy balance. This study examines the influence of snowmelt on the hydrological response of a high-alpine catchmen ...
2017Morpho-dynamics of mountain streams: from laboratory experiments to field observations.
Christophe Ancey, Stuart Nicholas Lane, François Mettra
Due to the complexity of mountain stream evolution and its causes, it is judicious to conduct flume experiments to better understand the morpho-dynamics of steep river channels. A series of long-term experiments under steady conditions revealed the high in ...
2017The swiss potential of model predictive control for building energy systems
François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Paul Michael Stadler
This paper presents a preliminary assessment of the potential economic benefit resulting from the use of smart energy management systems in buildings. The proposed approach relies on the application of model predictive control (MPC) and a self-consumption ...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2017Upstream-migrating bedforms in steep channels: an important contribution to sediment transport fluctuations?
Christophe Ancey, François Mettra
Possible causes of high sediment transport fluctuations observed in mountainous rivers are still not well understood. Several studies have linked these fluctuations with the presence of bedforms. However, upstream-migrating bedforms, that are similar in pr ...
2017Location Accuracy Evaluation of ToA-Based Lightning Location Systems Over Mountainous Terrain
Marcos Rubinstein, Wolfgang Schulz, Dongshuai Li
In this paper, we analyze the location error of time of arrival (ToA)-based lightning location systems (LLSs) caused by propagation effects over mountainous terrain around the Santis tower located in the Swiss Alps. The study is based on a full-wave three- ...
Amer Geophysical Union2017Solid hydrometeor classification and riming degree estimation from pictures collected with a Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera
A new method to automatically classify solid hydrometeors based on Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC) images is presented. For each individual image, the method relies on the calculation of a set of geometric and texture-based descriptors to simultaneousl ...
Copernicus GmbH2017Distributed snow and rock temperature modelling in steep rock walls using Alpine3D
Michael Lehning, Nander Wever, Mathias Thierry Pierre Bavay
In this study we modelled the influence of the spatially and temporally heterogeneous snow cover on the surface energy balance and thus on rock temperatures in two rugged, steep rock walls on the Gemsstock ridge in the central Swiss Alps. The heterogeneous ...
Copernicus GmbH2017