GIS and mapping

After the avalanche winter of 1950/51, SLF researchers developed a system for mapping areas at risk from avalanches. The resulting colour scale for danger zones still forms the basis of the hazard maps produced today.

Can we build landslide susceptibility maps that are more objective, transparent, and useful for local authorities and residents?

This article examines how maps are developed and used in climate security work, calling for more reflexive approaches that recognise limitations, draw on diverse knowledge, and ensure transparency in data sources and methods.

The researchers aim to produce the most detailed mapping of space weather to date and to gain a deeper understanding of the processes that lead to the formation of strong geomagnetic storms.

This study develops habitability functions to quantify the relationship between hydrodynamic hazards and the probability of buildings becoming uninhabitable following Hurricane Irma.

This study demonstrates how advances in multi-GPU computing can enable high-resolution, operational pluvial flood forecasting for large urban areas.

This article covers the growing challenge of heavy rainfall events becoming more frequent and intense under climate change, increasing flood and damage risks for agriculture while localized impacts remain difficult to predict.

This study combines time-series remote sensing data and analytical algorithms to quantify the dynamics of ecosystem disturbance and recovery within this agricultural heritage landscape.