avalanche stopped by a catching dam
Siglufjörður protected
19.12.2014
A snow avalanche released from the mountain slope above the village of Siglufjörður in northern Iceland was stopped by a protective dam, most likely on 12 December.
The avalanche started
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Background for the determination of dam height in the SATSIE dam design guidelines (IMO Int. Rep. 08003, 2008, authors T. Jóhannesson, Kristín M. Hákonardóttir, C. B. Harbitz and U. Domaas) (pdf 1.0 Mb)
Software for the computation of run-up of snow avalanches on catching and deflecting dams as well as on natural terrain
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on the afternoon of Friday,
27 August 2010 (at a time that enables catching late return flights to Norway and Denmark).
Day one: 26 August 2010
9:00 opening and welcome by local representative Sigrún Karlsdóttir and by Adriaan Perrels (FMI, Fi) as NONAM coordinator
9:20 p1 Jens Christian Refsgaard (GEUS, Dk). Uncertainty and Risk - terminology and concepts
9:50 p2 Gareth James Lloyd (DHI, Dk). What
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and in the uppermost rows of houses below Botnabrún. The
most effective mitigation options to improve the landslide hazard situation in southern
Seyðisfjörður is draining of the main source areas in Neðri-Botnar in the lower part of the
mountainside as well as a construction of a moderately high catching dam above the top
row of houses below Botnabrún, and debris retention basins and guiding dams at the
lateral
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