Snow cornice and snow avalanche monitoring using automatic time lapse cameras in Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik (Québec) during the winter of 2017–2018

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Samuel Veilleux, Armelle Decaulne, Najat Bhiry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: snow avalanche; snow cornice; failure; slopes; nunavik; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Nunavik; Umiujaq; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0013; https://doaj.org/article/910559ea49034bfe902dcf5d454dfa81

A series of automatic time-lapse cameras installed along the southwestern side of Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik (northern Québec) documented several departure modes and types of snow involved in snow avalanches during winter 2017–2018. These included cornice–avalanche dynamic...