---
title: "Alpine valley | Nexus Observatory"
description: "A snow-depth and avalanche radar station above the tree line, a GNSS monument on a spur and a seismometer vault by the village."
url: https://observatory.global/environments/alpine-valley/
publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc.
updated: 2026-10-29
---

Alpine valley. A snow-depth and avalanche radar station above the tree line, a GNSS monument on a spur and a seismometer vault by the village.

A snow-depth and avalanche radar station above the tree line, a GNSS monument on a spur and a seismometer vault by the village.

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Field environments

# Alpine valley

A snow-depth and avalanche radar station above the tree line, a GNSS monument on a spur and a seismometer vault by the village.

[Rural village and farmland](https://observatory.global/environments/rural-village/)

[City centre](https://observatory.global/environments/city-centre/)

[Suburb](https://observatory.global/environments/suburb/)

[Process plant](https://observatory.global/environments/plant-yard/)

[Container terminal](https://observatory.global/environments/container-terminal/)

[Open-pit mine complex](https://observatory.global/environments/mine-complex/)

[Offshore field](https://observatory.global/environments/offshore-field/)

[Forest ridges](https://observatory.global/environments/forest-ridges/)

[River and flood plain](https://observatory.global/environments/river-floodplain/)

[Alpine valley](https://observatory.global/environments/alpine-valley/)

[Highway corridor](https://observatory.global/environments/highway-corridor/)

[Stadium and campus](https://observatory.global/environments/stadium-campus/)

[Airport](https://observatory.global/environments/airport-field/)

[All environments](https://observatory.global/environments/)

Network scenes here: [Satellite direct to device in a mountain valley](https://observatory.global/environments/networks/ntn-d2d/)

## Tour transcript

1. A snow-depth and avalanche radar station above the tree line, a GNSS monument on a spur and a seismometer vault by the village.
2. Snow depth and an avalanche radar over the starting zone.
3. Millimetre ground motion of the valley side.

## In this scene

**Snow and avalanche station**: Snow depth and an avalanche radar over the starting zone. (WMO-No. 8)
**GNSS monument**: Millimetre ground motion of the valley side. (IGS site guidelines)

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