eidg. institut für schnee- und lawinenforschung slf glossary snow and avalanches benjamin zweifel

Eidg. Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF

Glossary snow and avalanchesBenjamin Zweifel

Glossary snow and avalanches

Idea: help for users consistent terminology for experts

Glossary snow and avalanches

2000 Start in the working group2004 120 terms on the internet (German,

English, French, Italian)2005 Slovakian translation2006 Norwegian, Rumanian (only paper)

translation

www.avalanches.orgglossar.slf.ch

New terms, update 2007

30 new terms will be included in 2007

New terms, update 2007

Albedo (albedo) Becherkristalle, Tiefenreif (depth hoar)

Büsserschnee (penitent snow)

New terms, update 2007 Eislawine (ice avalanche)

Entlastungsabstand (distance between skiers to reduce pressure on the snow)

Fernauslösung (distant release)

New terms, update 2007 Filziger Schnee (felt like snow)

Firnspiegel (?)

Fischmaul, Gleitschneemaul (“fish mouth”)

New terms, update 2007

gebundener Schnee (bonded snow) inneralpin (interior alps, maybe specifically CH…)

Isothermie, isotherme Schneedecke (isothermal snowpack)

Kantigkörniger Schnee (facet snow)

New terms, update 2007 kleine, runde Körner, Rundkörniger Schnee (round grained

snow)

Kritische Neuschneemenge (critical amount of new snow) Lawinenkegel (avalanche cone, runout)

Lawinenlagebericht, Lawinenbulletin (CH) lokal (local)

New terms, update 2007

regional (regional) Schmelzformen

Schneedichte Schneedünen, Dünen, Windablagerung (snow dunes)

New terms, update 2007

Schneefahnen (snow banner)

Sicherheitsabstand (security distance)Sinterungungebundener Schnee (unbonded snow)Wildschnee

New terms, update 2007

Windgangeln, Zastrugi, Winderosion (zastrugi, wind erosion)

Wummgräusche, Setzungsgeräusche (whooms)

Road map

June 2007 GermanEnd of 2007 English, French, Italian,

Slovakian, Norwegian

Further interests?

Further languages:Spanish?Icelandic?

Further terms:Periodical updates are planedcontact: zweifel@slf.ch