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Title: Rainonsnow Avalanches: Forecasting the Return to Stability: Date: 2009; Authors: Howard Conway, Wayne Carran, Ann Carran; Description: Mid-winter rain-on-snow often results in avalanches that threaten the Milford Road between TeAnau and Milford Sound on the southwest coast of new Zea...; Object ID: issw-2009-0267-0270.pdf; Keywords: rainonsnow, avalanches, forecasting; View additional details about Rainonsnow Avalanches: Forecasting the Return to Stability

Title: Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA: Date: 2009; Authors: John Stimberis, Charles M. Rubin; Description: Rain-on-snow events trigger immediate and delayed avalanches as liquid water penetrates the snowpack. We present results from an extreme rain-on-snow ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0301-0305.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, rain-on-snow, snow glide; View additional details about Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA

Title: Snow and Avalanche: The Influence of Forest on Snowpack Stability: Date: 2009; Authors: D. Viglietti, S. Letey, R. Motta, M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz; Description: Snow avalanches are among the most important disturbances that affect mountain ecosystems, influencing forest dynamics, establishment and mortality pr...; Object ID: issw-2009-0323-0327.pdf; Keywords: forest, snow, avalanches, protective function; View additional details about Snow and Avalanche: The Influence of Forest on Snowpack Stability

Title: The Seismic Detection of Avalanches: An Information Tool for the Avalanche Forecaster: Date: 2009; Authors: Jean-Pierre Navarre, Ekatherina Bourova, Jacques Roulle, Deliot Yannick Deliot; Description: The estimation of natural avalanche activity is currently based on visual observations. However, these observations are imprecise and impossible by ni...; Object ID: issw-2009-0379-0383.pdf; Keywords: avalanche activity, seismic detection of avalanches; View additional details about The Seismic Detection of Avalanches: An Information Tool for the Avalanche Forecaster

Title: Wireless Sensors as a Tool to Explore Avalanche Internal Dynamics: Experiments at the Weissfluhjoch Snow Chute: Date: 2009; Authors: I. Vilajosana, J. Llosa, M. Schaefer, E. SuriÃ±ach, J.M. MarquÃ¨s, X. Vilajosana; Description: Specially designed wireless accelerometers units were used in a series of experiments at the snow chute operated by the SLF at WeissflÃ¼hjoch (Switz...; Object ID: issw-2009-0400-0404.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, wireless sensor networks, accelerometers, snow chute, avalanche dynamics; View additional details about Wireless Sensors as a Tool to Explore Avalanche Internal Dynamics: Experiments at the Weissfluhjoch Snow Chute

Title: Snow and Weather Conditions Study for the Avalanches on the Lautaret Pass Road (French Alps): Date: 2009; Authors: Daniel Goetz; Description: This study aims at characterizing snow and weather conditions typical of avalanche events on the Lautaret pass road. Historical data of avalanche obs...; Object ID: issw-2009-0433-0437.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, lautaret pass road, snow and weather conditions, climatology, expert rules; View additional details about Snow and Weather Conditions Study for the Avalanches on the Lautaret Pass Road (French Alps)

Title: Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia: Date: 2009; Authors: Marek BiskupiÄ, Ivan Barka; Description: Without doubt avalanche run-out distances play a key role in landuse planning within avalanche prone areas. The Å½iarska valley in Western Tatras i...; Object ID: issw-2009-0482-0487.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, geographic information systems (gis), run-out modelling, western tatras; View additional details about Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia

Title: Avalanche Simulation With SAMOS-AT: Date: 2009; Authors: Peter Sampl, Matthias Granig; Description: The simulation software SAMOS for dry snow avalanches has been used by the Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control since 1999. The software...; Object ID: issw-2009-0519-0523.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, simulation, dense flow avalanches, powder avalanches; View additional details about Avalanche Simulation With SAMOS-AT

Title: La SÃ©curite Des Pistes en France: Les Services Des Pistes; Les Accidents dÃ© Avalanches Chez Les Pisteurs Secouristes, Perspectives et Evolutions: Date: 2009; Authors: Jean-Louis; Description: En France, le majoritÃ© du dÃ©clenchement prÃ©ventif dâ€™avalanches est fait par les pisteurs-secouristes des services des pistes des stati...; Object ID: issw-2009-0691-0697.pdf; Keywords: pisteurs-secouristes, dÃ©clenchement prÃ©ventif des avalanches, sacs airbags; View additional details about La SÃ©curite Des Pistes en France: Les Services Des Pistes; Les Accidents dÃ© Avalanches Chez Les Pisteurs Secouristes, Perspectives et Evolutions

Title: Atmospheric Patterns Leading Major Avalanche Episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees and Estimating Occurrence: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Carles GarcÃa, GlÃ²ria MartÃ, Pere Oller, Ivan Moner, Jordi GavaldÃ , Pere MartÃnez, Juan Carlos PeÃ±a; Description: The occurrence of major avalanche episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees (NE Spain) is estimated by means of the Poisson and the negative binomial distribut...; Object ID: P__8082.pdf; Keywords: major avalanches, atmospheric patterns, principal-component analysis, pyrenees; View additional details about Atmospheric Patterns Leading Major Avalanche Episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees and Estimating Occurrence

Title: A Case Study in Avalanche Risk Tolerance in Two Transmission Lines: 1) Colorado, USA and 2) Eastern Iceland: Date: 2008-09-23; Authors: Art Mears, P.E., Chris Wilbur P.E.; Description: Avalanche risk tolerance in two transmission lines is compared in this paper. A 115kV line in southwestern Colorado supplies electrical power to the T...; Object ID: P__8034.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, transmission lines, risk tolerance; View additional details about A Case Study in Avalanche Risk Tolerance in Two Transmission Lines: 1) Colorado, USA and 2) Eastern Iceland

Title: Guidelines for Forecasting Snow Avalanches on the Milford Road, New Zealand: Date: 2008-09-25; Authors: H. Conway, W. Carran, F. Techel, A. Carran; Description: We explore the use of rule-based systems as an operational tool for helping evaluate the avalanche hazard on the Milford Road, New Zealand. Climate in...; Object ID: P__8053.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanches, forecasting; View additional details about Guidelines for Forecasting Snow Avalanches on the Milford Road, New Zealand

Title: Deep Slab Instability Characterizing the Phenomena - Part 1: Date: 2008-09-25; Authors: Bob Comey, Chris McCollister; Description: Deep slab avalanches cause property damage and kill people. A better understanding of the characteristics of deep slab avalanches could increase the e...; Object ID: P__8136.pdf; Keywords: deep slab avalanches, avalanche database search; View additional details about Deep Slab Instability Characterizing the Phenomena - Part 1

Title: The Extended Column Test: Test Effectiveness, Spatial Variability, and Comparison with the Propagation Saw Test: Date: 2008-09-26; Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois; Description: The Extended Column Test (ECT) is a new stability test that aims to assess the fracture propagation potential across a 90 cm wide isolated column. Ini...; Object ID: P__8190.pdf; Keywords: ect, extended column test, fracture propagation, stability evaluation, avalanches; View additional details about The Extended Column Test: Test Effectiveness, Spatial Variability, and Comparison with the Propagation Saw Test

Title: Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre; Description: Historically, wet snow avalanche phenomena, such as wet slab avalanches and glide avalanches, have not been operational forecasting concerns because s...; Object ID: P__8243.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, avalanche forecasting, glacier national park; View additional details about Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana

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