TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bühler, Yves
A1  - Christen, Marc
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Bartelt, Perry
T1  - Sensitivity of snow avalanche simulations to digital elevation model quality and resolution
JF  - Annals of Glaciology
N2  - Digital elevation models (DEMs), represent the three-dimensional terrain and are the basic input for numerical snow avalanche dynamics simulations. DEMs can be acquired using topographic maps or remote-sensing technologies, such as photogrammetry or lidar. Depending on the acquisition technique, different spatial resolutions and qualities are achieved. However, there is a lack of studies that investigate the sensitivity of snow avalanche simulation algorithms to the quality and resolution of DEMs. Here, we perform calculations using the numerical avalance dynamics model RAMMS, varying the quality and spatial resolution of the underlying DEMs, while holding the simulation parameters constant. We study both channelized and open-terrain avalanche tracks with variable roughness. To quantify the variance of these simulations, we use well-documented large-scale avalanche events from Davos, Switzerland (winter 2007/08), and from our large-scale avalanche test site, Valĺee de la Sionne (winter 2005/06). We find that the DEM resolution and quality is critical for modeled flow paths, run-out distances, deposits, velocities and impact pressures. Although a spatial resolution of ~25 m is sufficient for large-scale avalanche modeling, the DEM datasets must be checked carefully for anomalies and artifacts before using them for dynamics calculations.
KW  - snow
KW  - avalanche
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1727-5644
VL  - 52
IS  - 58
SP  - 72
EP  - 80
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
T1  - Mathematische Murgangmodellierung
JF  - Newsletter Naturgefahren
Y1  - 2008
VL  - 2008
IS  - 2
SP  - 4
EP  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
T1  - Two-phase Modeling of Debris Flows
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-3-86664-524-0
N1  - Diss., Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich, Nr. 17827, 2008
PB  - Mensch und Buch
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
T1  - Dynamics of Granular Material Avalanches and Numerical Approximations of Savage-Hutter Models
Y1  - 2004
N1  - Diploma Thesis, University of Augsburg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
T1  - Numerical Debris Flow Simulation
T2  - Schweizer Numerik Kolloquium : Book of Abstracts 12. April 2006
Y1  - 2006
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - McArdell, B. W.
A1  - Bartelt, Perry
T1  - A comparison of two approaches to modeling multiphase gravity currents
T2  - Geophysical Research Abstracts
Y1  - 2006
N1  - A-08738
VL  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Bartelt, Perry
A1  - McElwaine, J.
T1  - Two-phase debris flow modeling
T2  - Geophysical Research Abstracts
Y1  - 2007
N1  - A-08119
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - McElwaine, J.
T1  - Two-phase debris flow modeling
T2  - Geophysical Research Abstracts
Y1  - 2008
N1  - A-01048
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Bugnion, Louis
T1  - An extended shallow flow theory for natural debris flows
Y1  - 2009
N1  - 2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009); Geological Society of America
VL  - 41
IS  - 7
SP  - 609
EP  - 609
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Olaru, Alexandra Maria
A1  - Kowalski, Julia
A1  - Sethi, Vaishali
A1  - Blümich, Bernhard
T1  - Fluid Transport in Porous Media probed by Relaxation-Exchange NMR
T2  - 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - H12B-07; American Geophysical Union
ER  -