A large wet snow avalanche cycle in West Greenland quantified using remote sensing and in situ observations

• Main Authors: Jakob Abermann, Markus Eckerstorfer, Eirik Malnes, Birger Ulf Hansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Kobbefjord
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11069-019-03655-8

Abstract On 11 April 2016 we observed high slushflow and wet snow avalanche activity at the environmental monitoring station Kobbefjord in W-Greenland. Snow avalanches released as a result of snow wetting induced by rain-on-snow in combination with a strong rise in air temperature. We exploit high-r...