Map view layer: Avalanche hazard

REQUIREMENTS
Permission	All users
Connectivity	Online only

This document describes the functionality of the Avalanche Hazard layer of the Map view of the InfoEx report.

The goal of the Avalanche Hazard map layer is to provide a spatial overview of all the hazard assessments submitted in the time period of the current report.

Layout

Fig. 1: Hazard assessment layer of map view of InfoEx report.

Fig. 2: Detail of hazard assessment shown in map view of InfoEx report.

The hazard assessment map layer shows the locations of all the hazard assessments included in the current report (Fig. 1). They are displayed at the centre point of the location associated with the hazard assessment.

The icons of the hazard assessments are shown for each rating submitted by elevation band Alpine/Treeline/Below Treeline. The color for each band represents the rating:

• 1 - Green
• 2 - Yellow
• 3 - Orange
• 4 - Red
• 5 - Black

The currently supported weather parameters are (Fig. 2):

Tmin	Blue label	Lowest minimum temperature recorded at weather sites by this operation during the time period of report.
Tmax	Red label	Highest maximum temperature recorded at weather sites by this operation during the time period of report.
WX Label	White label	Name and elevation of weather site.

Functionality

• Click on the Weather Sites label in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide this layer on the map.
• Click on a weather observation parameter in the layer hierarchy panel to directly zoom the map to the area that has weather observations of the particular type.
• Click on the check box next to the observation parameters in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide the particular observation parameter in the map.

Related documents

• Operation overview
• Avalanche observations
• Avalanche hazard
• Snow Profiles
• Field summary
• Weather observations
• Time slider (used for all map layers)
• Additional external information sources

Functionality tested by

• Jan. 2, 2014: Pascal Haegeli