Snow and Avalanches: Processes and Risk Management

• basics of snow and avalanche mechanics
  
• methods to model snow and avalanche processes
  
• interaction of snow and avalanches with structures and forest
  
• methods of stability evaluation and hazard assessment
  
• avalanche protection measures in the context of integral risk management
  
• basics on the design and effectiveness of protection measures

Introduction, snow precipitation, extreme events, snow loads; snow and snow cover properties; snow-atmosphere interaction; avalanche formation; stability evaluation, avalanche forecasting; avalanche dynamics; avalanche impact on structures; hazard mapping; protection measures (permanent and temporal); integral risk management.