Use of Daisybell and Snow Profiles to Investigate the Effect of Alpine Birch on Avalanche Release

• Main Authors: Breien, Hedda, Høydal, Øyvind A., Almgren, Oscar M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University Library 2014
• Subjects: Avalanche-RnD; Snøskred-FoU; Abisko; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083288; https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2125

Through a field study in Abisko, northern Sweden, we have used the artificial avalanche release system DaisyBell together with snow profiles to study the effect of alpine birch forest on avalanche formation. Evergreen conifers have long been known to reduce avalanche formation probability, however,...