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Brian W. McArdell is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research encompasses environmental science with a primary focus on areas such as earth and planetary sciences.

Their scholarly work frequently centers on the study of landslides and related hazards, fire effects on ecosystems, hydrology and sediment transport processes, cryospheric studies and observations, earthquake and tectonic studies, soil and unsaturated flow, and granular flow and fluidized beds.

McArdell has contributed extensively to various scientific journals and conference proceedings. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  • Landslides

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • Climate Change Impacts on Sediment Yield and Debris-Flow Activity in an Alpine Catchment, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Machine Learning Improves Debris Flow Warning, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Multi-Model Comparison of Computed Debris Flow Runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California Post-Wildfire Event, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • How memory effects, check dams, and channel geometry control erosion and deposition by debris flows, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Evaluating methods for debris-flow prediction based on rainfall in an Alpine catchment, 2021, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

The scientist often collaborates with peers such as Jacob Hirschberg, Tjalling de Haas, Péter Molnár, Fabian Walter, and Jordan Aaron.

McArdell's research spans several specialized subfields within environmental science and earth sciences, including management, monitoring, policy and law; global and planetary change; ecology; atmospheric science; and geophysics.

In addition to journal articles, McArdell has authored a book titled Erosion an steilen Hängen, scheduled for publication in 2025 by WSL-Berichte/WSL Berichte.

Best Publications

  • Surface-based Fractional Transport Rates: Mobilization Thresholds and Partial Transport of a Sand-gravel Sediment

    Peter Richard Wilcock;B. W. McArdell

  • Field observations of basal forces and fluid pore pressure in a debris flow

    Brian W. McArdell;Perry Bartelt;Julia Kowalski

  • Comparison of 2D debris-flow simulation models with field events

    D. Rickenmann;D. Laigle;B. W. McArdell;J. Hübl

  • Partial Transport of a Sand-Gravel Sediment

    Peter Richard Wilcock;B. W. McArdell

  • Direct measurement of channel erosion by debris flows, Illgraben, Switzerland

    C. Berger;B. W. McArdell;F. Schlunegger

  • Measurements of hillslope debris flow impact pressure on obstacles

    Louis Bugnion;Brian W. McArdell;Perry Bartelt;Corinna Wendeler

  • A debris-flow alarm system for the Alpine Illgraben catchment: design and performance

    Alexandre Badoux;Christoph Graf;Jakob Rhyner;Richard Kuntner

  • Continuous measurement of sediment transport in the Erlenbach stream using piezoelectric bedload impact sensors

    D. Rickenmann;B. W. McArdell

  • Comparison of flow resistance relations for debris flows using a one-dimensional finite element simulation model

    D. Naef;D. Rickenmann;P. Rutschmann;B. W McArdell

  • The importance of entrainment and bulking on debris flow runout modeling: Examples from the Swiss Alps

    Florian Frank;Brian W McArdell;Christian Huggel;Andreas Vieli

  • Sediment transfer patterns at the Illgraben catchment, Switzerland: Implications for the time scales of debris flow activities

    Catherine Berger;Brian W. McArdell;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Detection of surface change in complex topography using terrestrial laser scanning: application to the Illgraben debris-flow channel

    Peter Schürch;Peter Schürch;Alexander L. Densmore;Nicholas J. Rosser;Michael Lim

  • Insights into rock-ice avalanche dynamics by combined analysis of seismic recordings and a numerical avalanche model

    Demian Schneider;Perry Bartelt;Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach;Marc Christen

  • Monitoring and prediction in early warning systems for rapid mass movements

    M. Stähli;M. Sättele;C. Huggel;B.W. McArdell

  • Sediment supply, grain protrusion, and bedload transport in mountain streams

    E. M. Yager;J. M. Turowski;D. Rickenmann;B. W. McArdell

  • Field and laboratory analysis of the runout characteristics of hillslope debris flows in Switzerland

    Marcel Hürlimann;Brian W. McArdell;Christian Rickli

  • Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans

    Peter Schürch;Peter Schürch;Alexander L. Densmore;Nicholas J. Rosser;Brian W. McArdell

  • Limits of sediment transfer in an alpine debris-flow catchment, Illgraben, Switzerland

    Fritz Schlunegger;Alexandre Badoux;Brian W. McArdell;Corina Gwerder

  • Climate Change Impacts on Sediment Yield and Debris-Flow Activity in an Alpine Catchment

    Jacob Hirschberg;Jacob Hirschberg;Simone Fatichi;Georgina L. Bennett;Brian W. McArdell

  • The influence of landsliding on sediment supply and channel change in a steep mountain catchment

    Peter Schuerch;Alexander L. Densmore;Brian W. McArdell;Peter Molnar

  • Prediction of sediment transport in step‐pool channels

    E. M. Yager;W. E. Dietrich;J. W. Kirchner;J. W. Kirchner;B. W. McArdell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Dieter Rickenmann
Dieter Rickenmann Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Fabian Walter
Fabian Walter ETH Zurich
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Alexander L. Densmore
Alexander L. Densmore Durham University
Fritz Schlunegger
Fritz Schlunegger University of Bern
Perry Bartelt
Perry Bartelt Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Jens M. Turowski
Jens M. Turowski University of Potsdam
Nick Rosser
Nick Rosser Durham University

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