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- Title: FROM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBCAMS TO ICE-AVALANCHE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: A DECADE OF SERAC FALLS FROM A HANGING GLACIER OF THE MONT-BLANC MASSIF (FRANCE)
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Grégoire Guillet, Ludovic Ravanel
- Description: Outside a few studies of ice masses threatening valleys (e.g., Weissmies, Taconnaz, and Grandes Jorasses in the Alps), hanging glaciers (HGs) and thei...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.61.pdf
- Keywords: ice avalanches, serac falls, hanging glacier, bayesian inference, mont blanc du tacul.
- View additional details about FROM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBCAMS TO ICE-AVALANCHE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: A DECADE OF SERAC FALLS FROM A HANGING GLACIER OF THE MONT-BLANC MASSIF (FRANCE)
- Title: A PERSISTENT SLAB CYCLE IN THE WASHINGTON CASCADSES; A CASE STUDY OF SNOWPACK VARIABLES AFFECTING THE DURATION OF OBSERVED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY ACROSS SUBREGIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Kathryn J. Warren
- Description: In the Washington Cascades, rain-on-snow events followed by prolonged high pressure frequently lead to the formation of crust adjacent persistent weak...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.23.pdf
- Keywords: persistent slab avalanches, coastal snow climate, case study, faceted snow
- View additional details about A PERSISTENT SLAB CYCLE IN THE WASHINGTON CASCADSES; A CASE STUDY OF SNOWPACK VARIABLES AFFECTING THE DURATION OF OBSERVED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY ACROSS SUBREGIONS
- Title: SHALLOW BUT STILL LONG: PECULIAR AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN NORWAY
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Matrin Ahrland Stefan, Holt Hancock, Peter Gauer
- Description: Between December 3rd and 4th, 2025 some peculiar natural avalanches occurred in Tverrbotn adjacent to the Andersdalen valley, approx. 20 km south of T...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.26.pdf
- Keywords: shallow avalanches, field observations, avalanche modeling.
- View additional details about SHALLOW BUT STILL LONG: PECULIAR AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN NORWAY
- Title: Review of long-term climate and avalanche activity at Glacier National Park, B.C., Canada from 1965 to 2026
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Benjamin Imbach, Jean-Benoit Madore, Andrew Jones, Francis Gauthier, Alexandre Langlois, Philippe Gachon
- Description: This paper reviews long-term changes in climate and avalanche activity at Glacier National Park (GNP), British Columbia, Canada, updating the record e...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.29.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche climate, climate trends, mann-kendall trend test, snow cover, wet avalanches, glacier national park
- View additional details about Review of long-term climate and avalanche activity at Glacier National Park, B.C., Canada from 1965 to 2026
- Title: APPLYING AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING TO WILDLIFE ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF DALL'S SHEEP IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Heather K. Thamm, John Sykes, Nicholas L. Fowler, Thomas D. Lohuis, Kyle R. Smith, Erich H. Peitzsch, Todd J. Brinkman, Ophélie H. Couriot
- Description: Avalanche hazard has been studied extensively in the context of human risk, but its role in alpine wildlife ecology remains poorly understood. Long-te...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.36.pdf
- Keywords: alaska, avalanches, avalanche terrain, dall's sheep, hazard mapping, mountain ungulates
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- Title: SAHARAN DUST DEPOSITION AND AVALANCHES: HOW MINERAL PARTICLES AFFECT THE SNOWPACK
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: C. Artoni, G. Lorenzoni, M.A.C. Potenza, B. Delmonte, C. Mangili, L. Teruzzi, V. Raspagni, V. Maggi
- Description: Saharan dust intrusions are recurring events across the European Alps and other mid-latitude mountain ranges, depositing mineral particles onto season...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.43.pdf
- Keywords: saharan dust, red snow, melt-freeze crust, faceted crystals, persistent weak layers, wet-snow avalanches, snowpack metamorphism, avalanche forecasting
- View additional details about SAHARAN DUST DEPOSITION AND AVALANCHES: HOW MINERAL PARTICLES AFFECT THE SNOWPACK
- Title: MARCH MEGA THAW: FORECASTING CASE STUDY DURING A PROLONGED EARLY SPRING HEAT EVENT IN UTAH, 2025–26
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Nikki Champion, Jenna Malone, Jonathan Morgan
- Description: The 2025–26 winter in Utah produced a complex snowpack shaped by persistent weak layers, multiple rain-on-snow events, extended high-pressure period...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.47.pdf
- Keywords: wet slab avalanches, persistent weak layers, spring warming event, avalanche forecasting, snow climatology, utah
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- Title: UNDERSTANDING THE ACTIONABILITY OF FUTURE SNOW AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPS IN ALASKA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Kristin M. F. Timm, Patrick O. Ansah, Gabriel J. Wolken, Katreen W. Jones
- Description: Climate change is altering snow and weather conditions in Alaska, creating new challenges for avalanche risk management. Researchers are developing fu...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.54.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanches, actionable science, hazard maps, decision-making, uncertainty, risk communication
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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: SITE-SPECIFIC PROBALISTIC FORECAST FOR AVALANCHES IN HOLMBUKTURA, LYNGEN, NORWAY
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Benjamin Sigbjørnsen, Eivind S. Juvik
- Description: Local avalanche forecasting in Norway today is a manual warning issued by a forecaster based on observations of the snow quality and the weather, weat...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.20.pdf
- Keywords: probabilistic forecasting, ensemble model, random forests, avalanches
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- Title: ASSESSING THE DRIVERS CONTROLLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIRBORNE LAYERS IN POWDER SNOW AVALANCHES THROUGH INFRASOUND ANALYSIS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Betty Sovilla, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Anselm Köhler, Emanuele Marchetti, Emma Surinach
- Description: Powder snow avalanches (PSAs) with high-energy airborne layers pose a significant threat to buildings and facilities intended to be protected by infra...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O2.3.pdf
- Keywords: powder snow avalanches, infrasound, turbulent particle-laden flow, turbulent multiphase flow
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- Title: LARGE POWDER SNOW AVALANCHES IN SOUTH TYROL IN JANUARY 2019: COMPARISON WITH SCENARIO-BASED AVALANCHE SIMULATIONS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Christoph Oberschmied, Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Perry Bartelt
- Description: Between January 6 and 15, 2019, South Tyrol, Italy, experienced a series of remarkably
large and infrequent powder snow avalanches, marking some of ...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.6.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche dynamic calculations, powder snow avalanches, powder avalanche pressure.
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- Title: FROM DEBRIS IN LAKE SEDIMENTS TO BACK-CALCULATION OF SNOW AVALANCHES ON LAKE ICE OF ANESTØLSVATNET, NORWAY
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Denise Rüther, Torgeir Opeland Røthe, Simon de Villiers
- Description: Situated at 439 m a.s.l. in northernmost Sogndalsdalen, Western Norway, lake Anestølen has a known history for snow avalanches which primarily origin...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.7.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanches on lake ice, lacustrine record, avalanche modelling
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- Title: INSIGHTS INTO THE INFLUENCE OF SNOW MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF WEAK LAYERS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Jakob Schöttner, Melin Walet, Philipp Rosendahl, Philipp Weißgraeber, Valentin Adam, Florian Rheinschmidt, Benjamin Walter, Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen
- Description: Natural weak layers exhibit a variety of different microstructures and densities, and thus show different mechanical behavior. Up to now, mechanical p...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.2.pdf
- Keywords: snow slab avalanches, snow mechanics, weak snow layers, strength, microstructure
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- Title: A GUIDANCE FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPAGATION SAW TESTS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Philipp L. Rosendahl, Valentin Adam, Stephan Harvey, Bastian Bergfeld, Florian Rheinschmidt, Melin D. E. Walet, Jakob Schöttner, Alec van Herwijnen, Philipp Weißgraeber
- Description: Assessing snowpack stability is crucial for determining the avalanche danger level. In this context, the propagation saw test is a valuable tool, thou...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.4.pdf
- Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture toughness, stability test, propagation saw test, propagation probability, real-time application
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