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Title: CHALLENGES OF GLIDE SNOW MANAGEMENT AT THE HIGH ALPINE CONSTRUCTION SITE KAPRUNER VALLEY, AUSTRIA – A CASE STUDY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Anna Heuberger, Michael Butschek, Thomas Etzer, Ingrid Reiweger
Description: The Mooserboden and Wasserfallboden water reservoirs, situated in the Kapruner valley, north of the main Alpine divide at elevations between 1500 an...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O6.2.pdf
Keywords: glide-snow management, artificial release, case study, water input, climate change
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Title: Artificial Avalanche Release and the Probability of Triggering Secondary Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Today, avalanches are often artificially triggered to protect ski areas and to some extent, transportation routes and residential areas. During avalan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-14.pdf
Keywords: artificial release of avalanches, secondary avalanches, application of artificial avalanche release, safety concept
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Title: Artificial Avalanche Release as a Protection Measure for Major Roads: The Case Study of Road S.S. 21 “Colle della Maddalena” (CN, Western Italian Alps)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Marco Vagliasindi, Alex Theodule, Margherita Maggioni, Elena Levera
Description: The application of artificial release plans to roads safety management is a very promising prospect. Compared to structural measures, this method usua...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-61.pdf
Keywords: pidav, avalanche interaction with roads, artificial release
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Title: French Recommendations for Artificial Triggering of Avalanches Over Inhabited Sites
Date: 2012
Authors: François Rapin , Richard Lambert
Description: In 2010, the scientific and technical council of the French snow and avalanche association (ANENA), received a mission of focus on the artificial rel...
Object ID: issw-2012-149.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, artificial release, inhabited sites, method
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Title: Artificial Release and Detection of Avalanches: Managing Avalanche Risk on Traffic Infrastructures, A Case Study from Austria
Date: 2012
Authors: Arnold Kogelnig, Samuel Wyssen, Josef Pichler
Description: The Austrian state road Paznauntal road B188 is located in the avalanche-exposed Paznaun Valley. Several sections of the road have to be closed regula...
Object ID: issw-2012-535-540.pdf
Keywords: avalanche management, radar, artificial release
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Title: Taking Artificial Release to Norway (Again)
Date: 2010
Authors: Njål Farestveit, Sara Skutlaberg
Description: Norway is troubled with many roads in bad condition. When these roads were constructed they represented a new and modern time. The roads gave people l...
Object ID: ISSW_O-067.pdf
Keywords: road administration, pilot project, wyssen avalanche tower, artificial release
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Title: Comparison of Shock Waves Provoked by Various Artificial Avalanche Release Techniques, and of their Effects on the Snowpack
Date: 2009
Authors: Dr. P. Berthet-Rambaud
Description: the development of new systems should open new methods and improve efficiency of avalanche artificial releases. Current explosions are calibrated more...
Object ID: issw-2009-0328-0329.pdf
Keywords: artificial release, gas explosion, aerial overpressure
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Title: Avalanche Protection for Construction Site
Date: 2009
Authors: Thomas Rentsch, Ruedi Stüssi
Description: “Linthal 2015” is as more than 1.5 billion project in the eastern Alps of Switzerland to expand an existing hydro power plant. Several con...
Object ID: issw-2009-0592-0596.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, prevention, artificial release, working site, avalanche blasting
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Title: Remote Avalanche Warning-, Alarm-and Control Systems, Fundamentals, Applications and Experience
Date: 1996
Authors: Hansueli Gubler
Description: Today, temporary measures to improve avalanche safety often depend on remote measurements by automatic stations. The snow profile radar allows for dir...
Object ID: issw-1996-165-172.pdf
Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, risk
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Title: The Ryggfonn Avalanche Dynamics Project
Date: 1996
Authors: Krister Kristensen, Jan Otto Larsen
Description: A full scale avalanche dynamics experiment has been carried out for several years by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. The experiment site is the ...
Object ID: issw-1996-231-232.pdf
Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, path
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Title: Terrain Parameters of Avalanche Starting Zones and Their Effect on Avalanche Frequency
Date: 1994
Authors: J. Andrew Gleason
Description: Avalanche frequency data for 44 avalanche paths on Lone Mountain in southwest Montana were correlated with data on the terrain features of avalanche s...
Object ID: issw-1994-393-404.pdf
Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, artificial release
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