Reanalysis sheds lights on 1916 avalanche disaster

Brugnara, Yuri; Brönnimann, Stefan; Zamuriano Carbajal, Juan Marcelo; Schild, Jonas; Rohr, Christian; Segesser, Daniel Marc (2017). Reanalysis sheds lights on 1916 avalanche disaster. ECMWF Newsletter(151), pp. 28-34. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

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One of the worst meteorological disasters in history took place in the southeastern Alps during the infamous winter of 1916/17. Avalanches following a massive snowfall event killed thousands of soldiers as well as civilians. Today’s numerical techniques open up new possibilities to study this historical event. Combining historical measurements with reanalyses and dynamical downscaling makes it possible to reconstruct weather even down to local scales and thus to the scale captured by historical documents on weather impacts.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography > Unit Climatology
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Economic, Social and Environmental History > ViaStoria Center of Transport History
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Modern and Contemporary History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Economic, Social and Environmental History

UniBE Contributor:

Brugnara, Yuri, Brönnimann, Stefan, Zamuriano Carbajal, Juan Marcelo, Rohr, Christian, Segesser, Daniel

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
900 History
900 History > 910 Geography & travel
900 History > 940 History of Europe

Publisher:

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Language:

English

Submitter:

Daniel Segesser

Date Deposited:

20 Apr 2017 08:50

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:05

Additional Information:

Übersetzung ins Spanische durch José María Sánchez-Laulhé (http://pkp.ame-web.org/index.php/TyC/article/view/1405) / Infos zum Journal (http://datos.bne.es/edicion/a5394901.html)

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.99353

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/99353

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