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Supplement of Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2303–2323, 2016 http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2303/2016/ doi:10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016-supplement © Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Supplement of Modelling wet snow avalanche runout to assess road safety at a high-altitude mine in the central Andes C. Vera Valero et al. Correspondence to: Cesar Vera Valero ([email protected]) The copyright of individual parts of the supplement might differ from the CC-BY 3.0 licence.

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Supplement of Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 2303–2323, 2016http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2303/2016/doi:10.5194/nhess-16-2303-2016-supplement© Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License.

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Modelling wet snow avalanche runout to assess road safetyat a high-altitude mine in the central AndesC. Vera Valero et al.

Correspondence to: Cesar Vera Valero ([email protected])

The copyright of individual parts of the supplement might differ from the CC-BY 3.0 licence.

Supplement Material Author: Cesar Vera Valeronhess-2016-61 Co-authors: N. Wever, Y. Bhler, L. Stoffel, S. Margreth and P. Bartelt.Date: 02/08/2016doi:10.5194/nhess-2016-61

Evaluating SNOWPACK model performance in ’Cajon del RioBlanco’-Valley Codelco-Andina mine

This supplement provides an evaluation of the performance of the SNOWPACK model to simu-late the snow cover in ’Cajon del Rio Blanco’-Valley Codelco-Andina mine. First, a comparisonof simulated and measured snow depth and snow surface temperature at the meteorologicalstation used to drive the SNOWPACK model is shown. Second, a comparison of the simulatedsnowpack microstructure with snow profiles made in the field is provided.

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Snow depth and snow surface temperature

From the data from the automatic weather station, the snow depth measurements can be usedto track whether the model simulates the snow depth and thereby the layering resulting fromsubsequent snow fall events correctly. The snow surface temperature measurements were notused to drive the model and can be used as a verification of the cold content of the snowpack.Fig. S1 shows the average difference in modelled vs. measured snow height and snow surfacetemperature over the winter seasons 2010-2015. The root mean square error in snow height is6.33 cm and the average snow height difference is -1.6 cm. When we compare these values withthe values obtained in the Weissflujoch measurement site where snowpack is extensively testedand calibrated the values are (RMSE) 4 cm for WFJ and ca. (difference) 0.9 cm for snow heightdifference (see Table 1 in Wever et al, 2015). For the snow surface temperature, the averagedifference is 2.3 ◦C in Chile and -1.5 ◦C for WFJ (see Wever et al, 2015).

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SNOWPACK model performance compared with traditional snow pits

In the following section, we provide 5 manual snow pits taken by the winter operation crewin the vicinity of the automatic weather station together with the snow profiles as simulatedby the SNOWPACK model using data from the same station. The comparison is done usingthe virtual slopes from the simulation that correspond to the exposition where the snow pitswere made. Both the simulated SNOWPACK profile and the observed profile contain: snowheight, grain type, hand harness, grain type information and snow temperature information.Snow profiles are plotted following the international standard, (Fierz et al, 2009).

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Figure S2: Snow pit performed by the winter operation crew on the 21-08-2013 in the vicinityof the AWS.

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