OpenNHM

We released Version 1.10

QGis users please note (after updating the plugin): do not forget to run Admin -> Update AvaFrame from within the toolbox to receive the updated core as well.

The path generation and geotiff release. So the main changes are:

• The raster reading routines now accept geotiff files as well
• we updated the automatic path generation, this will also end up in the QGis connector
• added a new spatialVoellmy friction setup, to read mu/xi values from raster during initialization.
• fix a long/long Windows bug (again…)
• some plot can include a (online) background map

Please be aware: the module ascUtils is being deprecated. Please use rasterUtils which has the same functions in it. ascUtils will be removed in a future version.

We released Version 1.9

QGis users please note (after updating the plugin): do not forget to run Admin -> Update AvaFrame from within the toolbox to receive the updated core as well.

As is obvious by the long list below, this release contains plenty of bug fixes and internal improvements. The highlights are:

• changes for small avalanche calibration in com2AB (in relation to the QGis Connector)
• advanced installation instructions for Windows
• functions to create probability maps from non-com1DFA results
• plenty of com4FlowPy improvements and additional functionalities
• option for detrainment (in resistance areas) for com1DFA
• changes default range for propAna analysis

What’s Changed

• com4FlowPy bug-fixes/added functionality [com4] by @ahuber-bfw in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/974
• adjust extent of plots and add tests by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/982
• functionality to create probMaps for peakfiles from different modules [ana4; out3] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/976
• Fix various admin doc by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/983
• fix typo in docs by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/984
• fix masking array for plot by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/985
• Hotfix for installation problem (script install) by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/988
• issue936 com4FlowPy documentation [doc] by @ahuber-bfw in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/987
• [com4FlowPy]: add travel length to output-files by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/990
• Immediate bugFixes to com4FlowPy and minor mode enhancement [com4] by @ahuber-bfw in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/989
• [com4FlowPy] cell_counts BUG FIX and code simplification by @ahuber-bfw in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/996
• Add ref to aimec [ana3; in3; out3] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/992
• [com4FlowPy]: Add additional output: ForestInteraction Layer by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/997
• add docu for aimec reference [ana3] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/999
• Add info about samosATAuto to doc [doc] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1000
• [com1DFA]: add detrainment by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/991
• change to array by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1008
• [com4FlowPy]: option for dynamic max_z_delta by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/995
• Make syntax compatible with NumPy 2.0 by @ninsbl in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1007
• [doc]: Docu for detrainment by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1004
• Add aimec summary fig [out3] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1011
• add max velocity option to rangeTime diagram [ana5;out3] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1013
• fix issue with entrainment from shapefile; fixes #1009 by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1012
• Restructure com2AB parameter setup [com2] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1015
• change python version in test action by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1018
• [com4FlowPy] added support for .tif and .asc input/output, output files configurable via .ini by @ahuber-bfw in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1001
• add release volume info into report [com1] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1014
• use returned array in probAna [ana4] by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1021
• add pytest for non-matching nrows and ncols of files for probAnalysis by @awirb in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1022
• Handle bug about simName / scenario mismatch in report (Windows QGis GUI); issue #872 [com1] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1024
• Start adding gallery in visualisation documentation by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1020
• [com4FlowPy]: minor modification for log-file by @PaulaSp3 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1028
• fix runtime cython error on windows with current libs [com1] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1029
• Add units to parameters in ini file; update com5 resistance [com1; com5] by @leon-wagner in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1023
• Update Advanced Usage chapter in docs [doc] by @leon-wagner in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1031
• Add small indicator to com2AB outputs [com2] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1032
• Change default probAna range; fixes #967 [ana4] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1033
• Change runout info altitude for friction adjustment (request by WLV) [doc] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1034
• Adds a try except for cmcrameri lipari colormap (missing in older versions)[out3] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1035
• Adjust releaseWithManyLinux, start switching to cibuildwheel by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1036
• revers long long vs long again; adjust setup.py and releaseMany [com1] by @fso42 in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1041

New Contributors

• @ahuber-bfw made their first contribution in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/974
• @leon-wagner made their first contribution in https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/pull/1023

Full Changelog: https://github.com/avaframe/AvaFrame/compare/1.8.3...1.9

Our intern hit the ground running and improved our documentation by adding a part about the advanced usage installation on windows. Head over to advanded installation if that’s relevant for you. Expect the next version to come out soon.

• fixing an annoying bug with an updated external module. Sorry to all affected users.
• in relation to the ISeeSnow paper, we improved some plotting routines
• a new (work in progress) gallery to show the available plots in AvaFrame, see here

And we welcome a new intern , already tackling issues around documentation, ini files and more.

Felix

Apart from plenty of com4FlowPy improvements, we also implemented detrainment in com1DFA resistance areas. This is highly experimental and not yet tested. These developments aim at improving the representation for forest interaction. They are triggered by a small side project (ForestFrame), which addresses the current status and potential improvements of forest representation in com1DFA. Another goal is to provide test cases with forest interaction in a separate repository (see github data repository ), which will hopefully grow bigger in time.

We took part in the Interpraevent 2024 conference in Vienna with a workshop about AvaFrame. The room was full, and it was cool to see so much interest in our project.

There was also a talk and a poster with AvaFrame references:

• Michael Mölk: Rock-avalanche Fluchthorn: Back-calculation of the event with the open source model AvaFrame
• Oesterle et.al: The AvaFrame digital toolbox for avalanches as a component of natural hazard risk assessment

You will find these topics in the proceedings too, which at the moment are only preliminary: Interpraevent Homepage

Some of this is packed into Version 1.8.2 , which adds python 3.12 to the releases, and Version 1.8.3 , fixing a release pipeline problem.