Warning and Information Systems

We design and implement software solutions for avalanche warning purposes. These include data acquisition and analysis programmes to assist avalanche forecasting, and programmes used in the production and publication of the avalanche bulletin. We also develop information systems for the authorities responsible for natural hazards and for the general public. Among these systems are the White Risk smartphone app and GIN, the Common Natural Hazard Information Platform. The GIN platform enables safety authorities and local avalanche services to retrieve directly from the internet the data collected by the automatic measuring stations as well as other information on the current avalanche, weather, flood and earthquake situation in Switzerland.

Services and products

Staff

Warning and Information Systems

Christoph Suter

Groupleader

Michel Bovey

System specialist

Edwin Cox

Software developer

Andreas Egloff

Software developer

Stephan Estermann

Software developer

Julian Fisch

Software developer

Andrea Helfenstein

Software developer

Jonas Christian Knerr

Software developer

David Liechti

System specialist

Ulrich Niederer

Software developer

Marcel Puschnig

Platform Engineer

Marc Ruesch

Software developer

Jan Svoboda

Scientific staff member

Gerd Weiss

Software developer