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Mountain Hydrology and Torrents
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Research Unit of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research investigates hydrologic processes in mountainous catchments and related processes resulting in floods, erosion, slope instabilities and sediment transport. Further, it examines impacts and needs with regard to protective measures. The unit studies the generation and propagation of surface and subsurface runoff, surface erosion, shallow landslides, sediments and woody debris as well as the interaction of these processes. A particular focus of the unit is on snow hydrology. Process studies on the scale of channels and catchments also form the basis for the development of simulation models and of hazard assessment procedures and for the design of countermeasures, including investigating the protective function of various vegetation covers (eco-engineering). Damage and damaging processes due to frequent and extreme events are assessed as prerequisites for the risk-based and sustainable management of natural hazards.
Activities
- Research
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Contact
Mountain Hydrology and Torrents
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland
Switzerland
Phone: +41 44-739 21 11
Fax: +41 44-739 22 15
Email: wslinfo(@)wsl.ch
