HyFORS
Hydrological Forecasting Online with Routing System HyFORS is a cloud platform that makes the adoption of operational hydrological/hydraulic forecasting systems accessible anywhere in the world with limited resources. By using global weather datasets and automating the creation and deployment of a complex operational system on Google Cloud Platform, this solution will help reduce hydrological risks and better manage water resources. A plug-and-play cloud platform for global flood forecasting In its 2022 Global… Read More
Debris flow warning system (SALT)
Real-time operational warning system for debris flow forecasting in Valais The aim of the Système d’Alerte de Laves Torrentielles (SALT) project is to set up a meteorological warning system for selected sites throughout the canton of Valais. These areas have been affected by numerous debris flow events in the past, which is why a real-time warning system project has been initiated to prevent such events in the future. This system enables SMS… Read More
Randa rockfall (1991)
The data collected on this site has been an essential source of knowledge for analyzing the behavior of the Grossgufer massif and managing the associated risks. Preamble In the spring of 1991, the village of Randa in the Mattertal valley, some 5 km downstream of Zermatt, was the scene of one of the largest rockfalls in Europe in the 20th century, along with that of Val Pola (Valtelline, Italy, 1987). In all,… Read More
WATER – IS IT OBVIOUS?
Exhibition as part of the INTERREG RESERVAQUA project The result of a collaboration between CREALP, the Valais Environment Department and the Alpine House Foundation, the exhibition on water and its climatic challenges presented at the Centre de Géologie et Glaciologie in Les Haudères in the Val d’Hérens was closely linked to the cross-border cooperation project between Switzerland and Italy, entitled “RESERVAQUA – knowing water resources for better management (2019-2023)”. Its primary objective… Read More
GUARDAVAL monitoring system
The Canton of Valais natural hazard monitoring portal Guardaval is a comprehensive IT platform for operational and synoptic monitoring of natural hazards (ground instabilities, floods, glacial hazards, meteorological hazards, debris flows, etc.) in the Valais. For over 20 years, CREALP has been maintaining and developing this constantly evolving platform for the State of Valais, integrating more data and functionalities every day. Today, Guardaval integrates more than 70 data sources from different suppliers… Read More
Charriage + seismic sensors
SismoRiv project: Development of a charriage measurement system based on low-cost seismic sensors The aim of this project, which is dedicated to the issue of sediment transport, is to develop a measurement method that is simple to install and use, effective and considerably less costly for the various players involved (developers, risk managers, cantonal and municipal services). The monitoring of solid transport by watercourses is indeed of great economic and ecological importance…. Read More