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Title: RAIN-ON-SNOW (ROS) EVENTS IN THE ITALIAN ALPS AND INCREASED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Valt M., Bee C., Monti F.
Description: On the southern side of the European Alps (Italian Alps), an increase in the number of rain-on-snow (ROS) events has been observed, including during t...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.54.pdf
Keywords: ros, snow, alps, snowfall, wet avalanches
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Title: THE AVALANCHE TEST SITE IN LECH AM ARLBERG, AUSTRIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Nicola Agostinetti, Stefan Muckenhuber, Stefan Graf, Thomas Gölles, Richard Koschuch, Stefan Wallner, Birgit Schlager, Benedikt Anwander, Florian Singer, Bernhard Grasemann
Description: For more than 20 years a unique avalanche test site in the ski resort of Lech am Arlberg, Austria at the slopes of Mohnenfluh Mountain is used for sno...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, snow properties, test site, alps.
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Title: A CORRELATION BETWEEN AVALANCHES AND TELECONNECTION INDICES IN THE ITALIAN ALPS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Carlo Bee, Daniel Zugliani, Giorgio Rosatti
Description: Teleconnections, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Arctic Oscillation (AO), play significant roles in wintertime weather patterns ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.12.pdf
Keywords: teleconnections, avalanches, avalanche problems, italian alps
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Title: EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SNOW AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN THE ALPS: INSIGHTS FROM A 456-YEAR TREE-RING DERIVED CHRONOLOGY IN THE QUEYRAS MASSIF (FRANCE)
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Adrien Favillier, Nicolas Eckert, Jérôme Lopez-Saez, Markus Stoffel, Christophe Corona
Description: Alpine regions have experienced a significant warming with temperature increases during the 20th century. Such warming strongly alters the components ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O6.02.pdf
Keywords: tree-ring, regional activity, climate control, hierarchical bayesian modelling, french alps
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Title: MINERAL DUST IN THE SEASONAL SNOWPACK: AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON AN ITALIAN ALPINE GLACIER
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Claudio Artoni, Llorenç Cremonesi, Deborah Fiorini, François Yves Burgay, Sarah Pizzini, Elena Barbaro, Clara Turetta, Biagio Di Mauro, Marco A. C. Potenza, Barbara Delmonte
Description: On a global scale, mineral dust accounts for the major contribution to the mass load of airborne particles in the atmosphere. It consists of micron-si...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.02.pdf
Keywords: mineral dust, optical properties, chemical composition, anthropogenic tracers, glaciers, alps
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Title: Climate change in the Alps and its consequences for snow
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Andreas Gobiet, Sven Kotlarski, Prisco Frei, Jan Rajczak, Deborah Verfaillie, Samuel Morin
Description: The European Alps are strongly affected by climate change. Since 1880 the average temperatures rose by 2°C, which is about twice the global mean wa...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O05.1.pdf
Keywords: climate change, european alps, snow.
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Title: The contribution of snowmelt to the annual waterbalance in the Tyrolean Alps
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Gerhard Wieser
Description: The altitudinal variation of precipitation, evapotranspiration, and runoff was quantified with separate inputs for the snow-free and the snow-covered ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.10.pdf
Keywords: snowmelt, water balance, austrian alps.
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Title: Linking variations of meteorological and snow conditions in the French mountain regions to global temperature levels
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Deborah Verfaillie, Matthieu Lafaysse, Michel Déqué, Nicolas Eckert, Yves Lejeune, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux
Description: Long term records of Alpine meteorological and snow conditions are prominent indicators of ongoing climate change. However, there have been limited as...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.14.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snow, french alps, pyrenees, global warming level.
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Title: Snow cover and climate changes in the Italian Alps (1930-2018)
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Mauro Valt, Paola Cianfarra
Description: The Fifth AR5 report of the working group of the Stockholm IPCC panel confirmed that the snow cover extent in the Northern Hemisphere has been gradual...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.18.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, snow reliability, alps, climate.
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Title: Interception of snowfall by the trees is the main challenge for snowpack simulations under forests
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Laure Vincent, Yves Lejeune, Matthieu Lafaysse, Aaron Boone, Erwan Le Gac, Catherine Coulaud, Guilhem Freche, Jean-Emmanuel Sicart
Description: The Crocus snowpack model is now coupled with the new vegetation scheme MEB (Multiple Energy Balance). This new system represents all the main snow-ve...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O08.4.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, forest, snowmelt, interception, french alps
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Title: Towards a High-Resolution Operational Forecasting Tool for the Southern Alps – New Zealand
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Marwan Katurji, Tobias Schulmann, Andrew Hobman
Description: The Southern Alps of New Zealand are located in an extreme maritime climate with high precipitation amounts and strong winds causing heavy winter stor...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.01.pdf
Keywords: southern alps, arps, snowpack, snow cover simulation, decision making
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Title: Simulation of the Alpine Snowpack Using Meteorological Fields From a Nonhydrostatic Weather Forecast Model
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: V. Vionnet, I. Etchevers, L. Auger, A. Colomb, L. Pfitzner, M. Lafaysse, S. Morin
Description: In the Alps, the snowpack is very variable at all scales and depends in particular on the climatological area and local orography represented by alti...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, numerical weather prediction, french alps
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Title: Integrating Snow Management Processes and Practices Into a Detailed Snowpack Model. Relevance, Applications and Prospects
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Spandre P., Morin S., George-Marcelpoil E., Lafaysse M., Lejeune Y., Francois H.
Description: Growing environmental concerns and the ongoing economic crisis push ski resorts operators to pay greater attention to water and energy consumptions an...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.29.pdf
Keywords: snow management, grooming, snowmaking, snowpack modeling, french alps.
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Title: Winter 2013/2014 on the Italian Alps – Analysis and Lesson Learned About Avalanche Risk Treatment and Management Strategies
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Chiambretti I., Dellavedova P., Segor V., Valt M., Cianfarra P.
Description: Winter 2013/2014 in Italy was the second warmest since 1800. At low elevation it was characterized by frequent as well as abundant rainfalls (>62% abo...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.30.pdf
Keywords: italian alps, winter 2013-2014, avalanche criticalities
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Title: Relationships Among Atmosphere-Cryosphere-Biosphere in a Transitional Glacial Catchment (Sabbione Lake, North-Western Italian Alps)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nicola Colombo, Simona Fratianni, Elisa Giaccone, Luca Paro
Description: The present study was carried out in the Sabbione Basin (North-Western Italian Alps, Piedmont). Climatological and geomorphological studies were condu...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-23.pdf
Keywords: climate change, alps, periglacial processes, glaciers, geomorphology, nw italy
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