11 Aug 2023
| 11 Aug 2023
From Documentation to Response – the operational Swiss Rapid Mapping Service for Natural Hazard and Crisis Management
Christophe Lienert
Secretariat Steering Committee Intervention in Natural Hazards LAINAT, c/o Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland
Franziska Angly Bieri
Secretariat Steering Committee Intervention in Natural Hazards LAINAT, c/o Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland
Wolfgang Ruf
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland
Mathias Gross
Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP, National Emergency Operations Centre NEOC, Switzerland
Mathias Zesiger
Swiss Federal Office for Topography swisstopo, Switzerland
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Short summary
Short summary
We manually map 18 737 avalanche outlines based on SPOT6 optical satellite imagery acquired in January 2018. This is the most complete and accurate avalanche documentation of a large avalanche period covering a big part of the Swiss Alps. This unique dataset can be applied for the validation of other remote-sensing-based avalanche-mapping procedures and for updating avalanche databases to improve hazard maps.
