Matthias Bernhardt, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Water Managment, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vienna, Austria, Franziska Koch, LMU Munich, Vienna, Austria, Florian Hanzer, alpS, Innsbruck, Austria, Carlo Carmagnola, Météo-France - CNRS, CNRM, St Martin d’Hères, France, Pirmin Philipp Ebner, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, Fabiano Monti, Alpsolut, Livigno - Como, Italy, Mathias Bavay, Matthieu Lafaysse, CEN / Météo-France, Saint Martin D'Here, France, Ulrich Strasser, University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria, Hugues Francois, Irstea, Grenoble, France, Michael Lehning, WSL/SLF and EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, Karsten Schulz, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute for Hydrology and Water Management, Vienna, Austria and Samuel Morin, Météo-France - CNRS CNRM/CEN UMR 3589, Grenoble, France