Dense avalanche friction coefficients: influence of physical properties of snow
[Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]RIVAGE International audience The values of the Voellmy friction parameters of 735 historical avalanches that have occurred along 26 paths in the Chamonix valley, France, since 1958 are back-analyzed with a depth-averaged hydraulic model, including sub-models for...
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[Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]RIVAGE International audience The values of the Voellmy friction parameters of 735 historical avalanches that have occurred along 26 paths in the Chamonix valley, France, since 1958 are back-analyzed with a depth-averaged hydraulic model, including sub-models for erosion, entrainment and deposition. For each path, the longitudinal and crosswise topographic profiles were derived from a high-resolution digital elevation model acquired by laser scanning. The initial snow depth and snow cohesion, as well as various physical properties of snow, were computed from numerical simulations of the detailed snowpack model Crocus fed by the SAFRAN meteorological analysis. For each event, the full ranges of the two friction parameters were scanned and the pairs of friction parameters for which the run-out altitude is found close enough to the observed one (with an uncertainty of +/- 5 m) were retained. Statistical class analysis was used to investigate the correlation between the obtained friction coefficients and the snow physical properties. No evident trend with the snow parameters was found for the inertial friction coefficient. For the static friction coefficient, an increasing trend with temperature and density was observed, as well as a decreasing trend with liquid water content and initial snow depth. Although modeling assumptions and limitations regarding data and the calibration procedure should be kept in mind, these trends are worth noting, allowing avalanche simulations to be refined to take into account prevailing weather and snow conditions. |
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Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)) Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Feder Fund Haute Savoie Department CG74 French National Research Agency (ANR) |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02599059v1 2023-05-15T16:57:29+02:00 Dense avalanche friction coefficients: influence of physical properties of snow Naaim, Mohamed Durand, Yannick Eckert, Nicolas Chambon, Guillaume Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)) Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Feder Fund Haute Savoie Department CG74 French National Research Agency (ANR) 2013 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059/document https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059/file/dense-avalanche-friction-coefficients-influence-of-physical-properties-of-snow.pdf https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J205 en eng HAL CCSD International Glaciological Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3189/2013JoG12J205 hal-02599059 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059/document https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059/file/dense-avalanche-friction-coefficients-influence-of-physical-properties-of-snow.pdf doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J205 IRSTEA: PUB00039488 WOS: 000324153800015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess CC-BY-NC-ND ISSN: 0022-1430 EISSN: 1727-5652 Journal of Glaciology https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02599059 Journal of Glaciology, 2013, 59 (216), pp.771-782. ⟨10.3189/2013JoG12J205⟩ CHAMONIX VALLEE [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J205 2023-02-22T02:41:09Z [Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]RIVAGE International audience The values of the Voellmy friction parameters of 735 historical avalanches that have occurred along 26 paths in the Chamonix valley, France, since 1958 are back-analyzed with a depth-averaged hydraulic model, including sub-models for erosion, entrainment and deposition. For each path, the longitudinal and crosswise topographic profiles were derived from a high-resolution digital elevation model acquired by laser scanning. The initial snow depth and snow cohesion, as well as various physical properties of snow, were computed from numerical simulations of the detailed snowpack model Crocus fed by the SAFRAN meteorological analysis. For each event, the full ranges of the two friction parameters were scanned and the pairs of friction parameters for which the run-out altitude is found close enough to the observed one (with an uncertainty of +/- 5 m) were retained. Statistical class analysis was used to investigate the correlation between the obtained friction coefficients and the snow physical properties. No evident trend with the snow parameters was found for the inertial friction coefficient. For the static friction coefficient, an increasing trend with temperature and density was observed, as well as a decreasing trend with liquid water content and initial snow depth. Although modeling assumptions and limitations regarding data and the calibration procedure should be kept in mind, these trends are worth noting, allowing avalanche simulations to be refined to take into account prevailing weather and snow conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Journal of Glaciology 59 216 771 782 |