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Title: Winter Types and Snow Avalanche Activity Along the Arpaş and Bâlea Glacial Valleys - Făgăraş Massif (Southern Carpathians)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mircea,Voiculescu, Alexandru Onaca, PatrikChiroiu, Dana Micu
Description: This paper discusses the correlation between winter types and snow avalanche activity, in the Arpaş and the Bâlea glacial valleys, located on th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-04.pdf
Keywords: winter types, snow avalanches, arpaş and bâlea glacial valleys, făgăraş massif, southern carpathians, romanian carpathians
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Title: Single and Mass Avalanching Similarity of Avalanching in Space
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pavel Chernous
Description: Sometimes it is possible to observe only single avalanche release in a big area with numerous avalanche paths, but sometimes avalanches occur in many...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-15.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, mass avalanching, similarity of avalanching in space
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Title: Analysis of Detected Avalanches by Using Meteorological Data of Nearby Monitoring Stations in Ischgl Austria
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lisa Jöbstl, Arnold Studeregger, Arnulf Wurzer, Daniel Stock, Richard Koschuh
Description: A set of detected avalanches from January to April 2012 on a hillside southeast of Ischgl, Austria is given. The avalanches are off-the-cut or caused ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-17.pdf
Keywords: detected avalanches, meteorological weather stations, avalanche danger, snow pack
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Title: Forecasting Forest Avalanches: A Review of Winter 2011/12
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michaela Teich, Frank Techel, Peder Caviezel, Peter Bebi
Description: Mountain forests play a crucial role in avalanche mitigation by hindering avalanche formation. Nevertheless, due to the complex interactions between e...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-24.pdf
Keywords: forest avalanches, forecasting, road, railway, ski-run safety
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Title: An Operational Supporting Tool for Assessing Wet-Snow Avalanche Danger
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Frank Techel, Charles Fierz, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Assessing the danger due to wet-snow avalanches is notoriously difficult, in particular, since conditions favouring wet-snow avalanches may persist on...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-28.pdf
Keywords: wet-snow avalanches, forecast, energy balance, avalanche danger assessment
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Title: Avalanches Induced by Earthquake in North Tochigi Prefecture on 25 February 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Shinji Ikeda, Yasuhiko Ito, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
Description: We have investigated characteristics of avalanches induced by the North Tochigi Prefecture earthquake with magnitude of 6.3 on February 2012 in Japan ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-41.pdf
Keywords: earthquake-induced avalanches, snow pit observation, stability index
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Title: Filets de Protection Contre les Avalanches: un Retour d’Expérience du Service RTM Pour la Définition de Consignes de Maintenance
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Rémy Martin
Description: The RTM service is a service specialised in work in Mountain. Since the 1970s it implements and maintains snownet. A feedback on difficulties in the m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-63.pdf
Keywords: protection equipment against avalanches, snownet, feedback, setpoint maintenances
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Title: Automatic Detection of Avalanches Using Infrasound and Seismic Signals
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: A. Schimmel, J. Hübl
Description: The ability to detect avalanches as they occur is essential for avalanche management and avalanche forecasting. Past studies have shown that avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-67.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, warning systems, infrasound, seismic
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Title: Road Network Management in the Context of Natural Hazards: A Decision-Aiding Process Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods and Network Structural Properties Analysis
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Tacnet J.-M., Mermet E., Zadonina E., Deschatres M., Humbert P., Dissart J.-C., Labbe S.
Description: In mountain areas, transport infrastructures (roads, railways) are exposed to natural hazards such as avalanches, torrent floods and rockfalls. Road n...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-69.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, natural hazards, mountains, indirect vulnerability, roads, network structural properties, information quality
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Title: The Production of Patents Related to Snow Avalanches and Notes for the Evolution of the Production of Knowledge Around Snow Avalanches in a Collaborative Environment
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Luis G. López-Cobo
Description: Scientific research on snow avalanches is relatively modern, yet in constant and rapid evolution, as the multiple disciplines involved in its developm...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-31.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, patents, knowledge, conceptual map, technology, collaboration
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Title: Qualitative Analysis of the Transfer of Knowledge About Snow Avalanches in the Land Use Planning of Four Territories of Europe - Qualitative Analysis and Conceptual Map
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Luis G. López-Cobo
Description: Scientific research on snow avalanches and land use planning is relatively modern. We know of no previous work that analyzes the knowledge transfer a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-32.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, regional/spatial planning, knowledge transfer, conceptual map, grounded theory
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Title: Real-Time Detection of Natural Snow Avalanches by Infrasonic Array Network (IAN) on December 2012 in Valtournenche – Aosta Valley (IT)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Durand N., Ulivieri G., Marchetti E., Frigo B., Dellavedova P., Ripepe M., Segor V.
Description: Since 2009 and within the Operational programme Italy-France (Alps ALCOTRA) – Projects “DynAval” (2009-2012) and “Map3“...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-33.pdf
Keywords: infrasonic array, snow avalanches, real-time monitoring
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Title: Retrieving Avalanche Basal Friction Law From High Rate Positioning of Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pulfer G., Naaim M., Thibert E., Soruco A.
Description: The Voellmy avalanche basal friction parameters are retrieved from high rate positioning of artificially released avalanches. Two dense snow avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-53.pdf
Keywords: friction parameters, avalanches, front dynamics, photogrammetry, voellmy, rheology
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Title: The Role of Slope Angle, Ground Roughness and Stauchwall Strength in the Formation of Glide-Snow Avalanches in Forest Gaps
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: T. Feistl, P. Bebi, P. Bartelt
Description: Mountain forests are a cost-efficient measure to prevent the release of glide-snow avalanches. However, avalanches still release in forest gaps. Well-...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-57.pdf
Keywords: forest avalanches, glide-snow avalanche, release, snow cover
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Title: Can We Document Avalanche Activity by Plants Succession Monitoring?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Milena Kociánová, Irena Špatenková, Petra Šťastná, Jiří Váňa, Josef Halda, Jana Kocourková, Helena Štursová, Roman Juras, Alena Vítová, Alena Bartošová, Veronika Langová, Jan Altman
Description: Avalanche activity in Krkonoše Mountains in the Czech Republic is mostly monitored during winter season. Some traces of avalanche activity stay vis...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-27.pdf
Keywords: krkonoše mountains, full depth avalanches, vegetation, dendrochronology
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