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Persistent Weak Layers

Persistent Weak Layers is a type of snowpack layer characterized by low mechanical strength and slow metamorphic evolution, which remains prone to failure over extended periods due to its resistance to bonding with adjacent layers, thereby enabling delayed avalanche initiation under relatively small stress changes.

41

Publications

1.5K

Citations

76

Authors

44

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Pwl

Parents

Publications

41

Texture and strength changes of buried surface-hoar layers with implications for dry snow-slab avalanche release

J. Bruce Jamieson, Jürg Schweizer · Journal of Glaciology · 2000 · 115 citations · Full text

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Evaluation of effective eddy diffusive coefficients using radar observations of turbulence in the stratosphere

R. F. Woodman, P. K. Rastogi · Geophysical Research Letters · 1984 · 97 citations

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Evidence of soft sediment deformation, fluid escape, sediment failure and regional weak layers within the late Quaternary mud deposits of the Adriatic Sea

Fabio Trincardi, Antonio Cattaneo, A. Correggiari et al. · Marine Geology · 2004 · 93 citations

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Expanding the snow-climate classification with avalanche-relevant information: initial description of avalanche winter regimes for southwestern Canada

Pascal Haegeli, D. M. McClung · Journal of Glaciology · 2007 · 84 citations · Full text

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Characterizing snow instability with avalanche problem types derived from snow cover simulations

Benjamin Reuter, Léo Viallon-Galinier, Simon Horton et al. · Cold Regions Science and Technology · 2021 · 76 citations · Full text

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Authors

76

  1. JS
    Jürg Schweizer

    Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

    7 publications · 305 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. BJ
    Bruce Jamieson

    University of Calgary, Canada

    6 publications · 111 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. JB
    J. Bruce Jamieson

    University of Calgary, Canada

    5 publications · 320 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. CJ
    C.D. Johnston

    University of Calgary, Canada

    3 publications · 191 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. AZ
    Antonia Zeidler

    University of Calgary, Canada

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

44

  1. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    587 citations

  2. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    299 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    203 citations

  4. Montana State University

    Bozeman, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    75 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    304 citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  7. Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, de l'Informatique et de l'Imagerie

    Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  8. Météo-France

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    304 citations

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Venues

  1. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    6 publications · 210 citations

    6

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    4 publications · 159 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 80 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Journal of Glaciology

    3 publications · 216 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. ˜The œcryosphere

    2 publications · 81 citations

    2

    h-index

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