On this page we link to reports and publications that are related to AvaFrame, produced by the project team , cooperation partners or any other persons working with AvaFrame.
27.05.2024 Final report phase 1 (pdf; German only)
Final report of phase 1, giving an overview of our work, the publications and involved persons.
Publications
2025
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Patrick KOMON, Gerald KIMMERSDORFER, Markus RAMPP, Paula SPANNRING, Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER, Adam CELAREK, Manuela WALDNER. weBIGeo: Interaktive Lawinensimulation im Web . Tagungsband des 6. internationalen Lawinensymposiums, 6. Lawinen Symposium Graz 2025. (2025).
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Christoph HESSELBACH, Jakob SCHWARZ, Paula SPANNRING, Andreas HUBER, Alice GASPERI, Michael WINKLER, Marc ADAMS, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Lawinenszenariokarten als Entscheidungshilfe für Lawinenkommissionen. 6. Lawinensymposium Graz, 18.10.2025, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2025).
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Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. AvaFrame - a Real World Example of Snow Avalanches Seen as Granular Flow. 4th IMA Conference on Dense Granular Flows June 2025. (2025).
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Felix OESTERLE, Matthias GRANIG, Paula SPANNRING, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER, Christian TOLLINGER. Guidelines and digital toolboxes for mitigation measure planning and assessment from an Austrian perspective. SNOW 2025 Conference: International Symposium on Mitigation Measures against Snow Avalanches and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows, Ísafjörður Iceland, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2025).
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Michael NEUHAUSER, Anselm KÖHLER, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Wolfgang FELLIN, Johannes GERSTMAYR, Falko DRESSLER, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Particle and front tracking in experimental and computational avalanche dynamics . Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, peer-reviewed journal article. (2025).
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Anna WIRBEL, Christoph HESSELBACH, Paula SPANNRING, Andreas HUBER, Felix OESTERLE, Michaela TEICH, J.-T. FISCHER. ForestFrame II - Technischer Bericht . Zenodo und Homepage avaframe, project report. (2025).
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Felix OESTERLE, Mattias GRANIG. New Normative and Digital Instruments in Avalanche Protection. INAC 2025, Innsbruck, conference presentation. (2025).
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Laura SAXER, Andreas HUBER, Michaela TEICH. Empirical Modelling of Snow Avalanche–Forest Interaction with com4FlowPy’s Forest Friction Module. IMC 2025, Innsbruck, conference poster. (2025).
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Laura SAXER. Empirical Modelling of Snow Avalanche – Forest Interaction. Innsbruck, master’s thesis. (2025).
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Andreas HUBER, Frank PERZL, Reinhard FROMM, Michaela TEICH. Adapting the open-source model com4FlowPy for regional-scale modeling of forests with a direct object-protective function against gravitational mass flows. IMC 2025, Innsbruck, conference presentation. (2025).
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Kalin MARKOV, Momchil PANAYOTOV, Emilia TCHERKEZOVA, Andreas HUBER. Influence of forest canopy cover on automatedAvalanche Terrain Exposure Scale classificationin the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria . Forestry Ideas, peer-reviewed journal article. (2025).
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Kalin MARKOV, Andreas HUBER, Momchil PANAYOTOV, Christoph HESSELBACH, Paula SPANNRING, Jan-Thomas FISCHER, Michaela TEICH. Machine learning for automated avalanche terrain exposure scale (ATES) classification . Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, peer-reviewed journal article. (2025).
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Paula SPANNRING, Christoph HESSELBACH, Andreas HUBER, Stephan HARVEY, Yves BÜHLER, Christoph MITTERER, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Comparison of two avalanche terrain classification approaches: Automated Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale - Classified Avalanche Terrain. 4. Lawinensymposium Graz, 18.10.2025, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2025).
2024
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Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Guillaume CHAMBON, Thierry FAUG, Johan GAUME, Julia GLAUS, Stefan HERGARTEN, Dieter ISSLER, Yoichi ITO, Alexander JAROSCH, Tómas JÓHANNESSON, Marco MARTINI, Martin MERGILI, Matthias RAUTER, Joerg ROBL, Giorgio ROSATTI, Paula SPANNRING, Kae TSUNEMATSU, Christian TOLLINGER, Hervé VICARI, Daniel ZUGLIANI, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. ISeeSnow - initiating an avalanche simulation tool intercomparison . EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14.-19.04 2024, conference presentation. (2024).
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Marc S. ADAMS, Demmler D., Stephan L., Fischer M., Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Christoph MITTERER, J.-T. FISCHER. The Avalanche Modelling Atlas – a framework for the collection, organisation and analysis of avalanche path and event data. ISSW 2024, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2024).
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Workshop (1h): Workshop 5 I The Austrian Open Source Avalanche Model AVAFRAME. Interpraevent 2024, contribution at a meeting. (2024).
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Michael MOELK, Christian TOLLINGER, Felix OESTERLE. ROCK-AVALANCHE FLUCHTHORN: BACK-CALCULATION OF THE EVENT WITH THE OPEN SOURCE MODEL AVAFRAME. Interpraevent 2024, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER, Matthias GRANIG, Christian TOLLINGER. The AvaFrame digital toolbox for avalanches as a component of natural hazard risk assessment. Interpraevent 2024, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
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Paula SPANNRING. Comparison of two avalanche terrain classification approaches: Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale - Classified Avalanche Terrain. Universität Innsbruck, master’s thesis. (2024).
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Momchil PANAYOTOV, Kalin MARKOV, Tsvetanov N., Andreas HUBER, Christoph HESSELBACH, Michaela TEICH. AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING USING THE AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE (ATES) IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGES OF BULGARIA . International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2024, Tromso, Norwegen, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
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Andreas HUBER, Laura SAXER, Paula SPANNRING, Christoph HESSELBACH, Michael J. NEUHAUSER, C.J.L. D’AMBOISE, Michaela TEICH. REGIONAL-SCALE AVALANCHE MODELING WITH com4FlowPy – POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS FOR CONSIDERING AVALANCHE-FOREST INTERACTION ALONG THE AVALANCHE TRACK . International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2024, Tromso, Norwegen, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
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Fischer M.. Towards a quantitative terrain-based avalanche size classification: a case study based on Avlanche Modelling Atlas thalweg data. Universität Würzburg, master’s thesis. (2024).
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Marc S. ADAMS, Demmler D., Stephan L., Fischer M., Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Christoph MITTERER, Christoph HESSELBACH, J.-T. FISCHER. The Avalanche Modelling Atlas – a framework for the collection, organisation and analysis of avalanche path and event data. ISSW 2024, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
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Paula SPANNRING, Christoph HESSELBACH, Christoph MITTERER, Fischer J.-T.. Classification of avalanche terrain: an open-source model chain for the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale. Interpraevent 2024, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2024).
2023
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Endbericht AvaFrame Phase 1. WLV, project report. (2023).
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Michael NEUHAUSER, Anselm KÖHLER, Rene NEURAUTER, Marc S. ADAMS, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Particle trajectories, velocities, accelerations and rotation rates in snow avalanches . Annals of Glaciology, peer-reviewed journal article. (2023).
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Matthias TONNEL, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. AvaFrame com1DFA (v1.3): a thickness-integrated computational avalanche module – theory, numerics, and testing . Geoscientific Model Development, peer-reviewed journal article. (2023).
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Christoph HESSELBACH, Andreas HUBER, Felix OESTERLE, Stephan L., Christoph MITTERER, J.-T. FISCHER. Machbarkeitsstudie einer automatisierten Lawinengelände Klassifizierung in Österreich. Fachtagung für Katastrophenforschung, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2023).
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Christoph HESSELBACH, Andreas HUBER, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Michaela T, J.-T. FISCHER. ForestFrame - Technischer Bericht. Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald, Institut für Naturgefahren, Abteilung Schnee und Lawinen, project report. (2023).
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Christoph HESSELBACH, Andreas HUBER, Felix OESTERLE, Stephan L., Christoph MITTERER, J.-T. FISCHER. Lawinengelände - eh klar? Eine Pilotstudie zur automatisierten Lawinengeländeklassifikation im Sellrain. Alpinforum, contribution at a meeting. (2023).
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Felix OESTERLE. AvaFrame - The open Avalanche Framework: Phase 1 der Werkzeugkiste für Lawinensimulationen . WLV - Zone Intern 03_2023, media report. (2023).
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J.-T. FISCHER, Michael J. NEUHAUSER, Anselm KOEHLER, Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Oscar DICK, Wolfgang FELLIN, Winkler R., Rene NEURAUTER, Johannes GERSTMAYR, Kuss J., Falko DRESSLER. On the potential of particle tracking in snow avalanches . International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, USA - 2023, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2023).
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. AvaFrame, Aktuelles und Highlights. Studienreise der Verein der Diplomingenieure der Wildbach- und Lawinenverbauung Österreichs, Innsbruck, contribution at a meeting. (2023).
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. AvaFrame - Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Highlights. Lawinenworkshop der WLV, Oktober 2023, Innsbruck, contribution at a meeting. (2023).
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Oscar DICK. Analysis of snow avalanche simulation results in a thalweg-following coordinate system . EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2023).
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Andreas HUBER, Christoph HESSELBACH, Felix OESTERLE, Michael J. NEUHAUSER, Marc S. ADAMS, Plörer M., Stephan L., HB. TOFT, Sykes J., Christoph MITTERER, J.-T. FISCHER. AUTOATES AUSTRIA - TESTING AND APPLICATION OF AN AUTOMATED MODEL-CHAIN FOR AVALANCHE TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS . International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2023, Bend, Oregon, conference ext. abstract / proceedings paper. (2023).
2022
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Christian TOLLINGER, Matthias GRANIG, Jenner A., Felix OESTERLE, Siegele P., Hochreiter H.. Praxisleitfaden für Lawinensimulationen in der WLV (v1.3) . WLV Homepage, project report. (2022).
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Wirbel ANNA, Matthias TONNEL, Michael J. NEUHAUSER, Felix OESTERLE, Jan Thomas FISCHER. An uncertainty assessment workflow of snow avalanche simulations using AvaFrame. IMC 2022, conference presentation. (2022).
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Matthias T., Fischer J.-T.. Report Conversion SamosAT DFA-Kernel - AvaFrame Investigating and comparing differences between com1DFAOrig (SamosAT based) and com1DFA . Github Release, project report. (2022).
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Michael NEUHAUSER, Rene NEURAUTER, Anselm KOEHLER, Johannes GERSTMAYR, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Towards a velocity domain sensor fusion for inflow avalanche measurements. International Mountain Conference (IMC) 2022, Innsbruck, Austria, 11.-15.09.2022, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2022).
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Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER, Anna WIRBEL, Matthias TONNEL, Christian TOLLINGER, Matthias GRANIG. AvaFrame - Version 1.0. Zeitschrift für Wildbach-, Lawinen-, Erosions- und Steinschlagschutz, book or book chapter. (2022).
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Matthias TONNEL, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Are avalanche models correct? An uncertain view on convergence . EGU General Assembly 2022, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2022).
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Matthias TONNEL, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Koehler ANSELM, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Are avalanche models correct? An uncertain view on convergence. IGS2022, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2022).
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Wolfgang FELLIN, Anselm KOEHLER, Michael NEUHAUSER, Matthias TONNEL, Anna WIRBEL, Felix OESTERLE, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Remote and in-situ sensing of avalanche dynamics as part of a holistic model calibration. ALERT Geomaterials; Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education, Research and Technology http://alertgeomaterials.eu 33rd ALERT Workshop and School Aussois, 26th September to 1st October 2022, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2022).
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Michael NEUHAUSER, Anselm KOEHLER, Anna WIRBEL, Wolfgang FELLIN, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. Remote sensing and in-flow tracking in avalanches: a sensor fusion of avanodes and mgeodar radar with open source avalanche simulations in avaframe. IGS International Symposium on Snow, Davos, Switzerland, 25.-30.09.2022, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2022).
2021
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Felix OESTERLE, Anna WIRBEL, Matthias TONNEL, Jan-Thomas FISCHER. AvaFrame as a testing and benchmarking environment for avalanche simulations . EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 April 2021, conference abstracts (not reviewed). (2021).
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Michael WINKLER. Vergleich von AvaFrame-Lawinensimulationen mit mGeodar-Radarmessungen am Beispiel von gesprengten Lawinen auf der Nordkette. master’s thesis. (2021).