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Title: Spatial Variability of Snow Characteristics and Snow Stability: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Pavel A. Chernous, Nikolay V. Barashev, Yuri V. Fedorenko; Description: It is commonly recognized that spatial variability of snow characteristics is an obstacle for precise snow stability assessment. The work has been don...; Object ID: P__8094.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, snow variability, stability assessment; View additional details about Spatial Variability of Snow Characteristics and Snow Stability

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, USA: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, USA: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: Surface Hoar Growth from Valley Clouds: Date: 2006; Authors: Sam Colbeck, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Avalanches release from buried surface hoar layers which form when stratus clouds extend across valleys on consecutive nights. Water vapor diffusion o...; Object ID: issw-2006-001-006.pdf; Keywords: surface hoar, stratus cloud, snowpack stratigraphy, snow slab avalanches; View additional details about Surface Hoar Growth from Valley Clouds

Title: Cellular Automaton Modelling of Slab Avalanche Triggering Mechanisms: From the Universal Statistical Behaviour to Particular Cases: Date: 2006; Authors: J. Faillettaz, F. Louchet, J-R. Grasso; Description: Modelling avalanche release is a long lasting challenge. Despite a general agreement on the basic mechanisms responsible for avalanche release, determ...; Object ID: issw-2006-174-180.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanches, cellular automata, statistical physics, variability, criticality; View additional details about Cellular Automaton Modelling of Slab Avalanche Triggering Mechanisms: From the Universal Statistical Behaviour to Particular Cases

Title: Waiting Time Between Avalanches: Date: 2006; Authors: D.M. McClung; Description: One of the requirements for a self-organized critical system is scale invariance in the time or frequency domain. Sandpile avalanches and other types...; Object ID: issw-2006-181.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, waiting time, critical system, self-organized criticality; View additional details about Waiting Time Between Avalanches

Title: Sawlem: Slab and Weak Layer Evolution Model: Date: 2006; Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Bruce Jamieson, Thomas Chalmers, Greg Johnson; Description: Snowpack evolution models developed in Europe require meteorological and radiation instrumentation rarely used in North America. In contrast, SAWLEM ...; Object ID: issw-2006-228-233.pdf; Keywords: slab avalanches, avalanche forecasting, snowpack stratigraphy, persistent weak layers; View additional details about Sawlem: Slab and Weak Layer Evolution Model

Title: Some Results of Statistical Processing of Avalanche Geometric Characteristics in the Khibini Mountains: Date: 2006; Authors: Pavel Chernous; Description: Results of statistical analysis of such geometric characteristics as: length and thickness of fracture line, area of its surface, avalanche runout dis...; Object ID: issw-2006-387.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dimensions, statistics, catastrophic avalanches; View additional details about Some Results of Statistical Processing of Avalanche Geometric Characteristics in the Khibini Mountains

Title: A Study of Blasting -Induced Snow Instabilities and Avalanche Releases: Date: 2006; Authors: Pavel Chernouss, Yuri Fedorenko, Nikolai Barashev, Evgeny Mokrov; Description: It is known that explosions can trigger avalanches but mechanisms of their influence remain unstudied and experimental data on explosion effects on th...; Object ID: issw-2006-598-606.pdf; Keywords: explosions, seismicity, air shock waves, avalanches, simulation; View additional details about A Study of Blasting -Induced Snow Instabilities and Avalanche Releases

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: Avalanche Risk Along a 420 KV Transmission Line in Iceland: Date: 2006; Authors: Ãrni Jonsson, Steinar Bakkehol, Sigurjon Hauksson; Description: Two transmission lines between FljÃ³tsdalur and ReyÃ°arfjÃ¶rÃ°ur in northeast Iceland have been investigated concerning snow avalanche hazard....; Object ID: issw-2006-892-897.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche risk, fljÃ³tsdalslinur, landsvirkjun (national power company), landsnet (icegrid), transmission lines, design load; View additional details about Avalanche Risk Along a 420 KV Transmission Line in Iceland

Title: Climate Change in Western Ski Areas: Timing of Wet Avalanches in Aspen Ski Area in the Years 2030 and 2100: Date: 2006; Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark Williams; Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas emissions may affect the timing of wet avalanches at Aspen Mountain in the year...; Object ID: issw-2006-899-906.pdf; Keywords: climate change, wet avalanches, aspen, ski areas, gcm; View additional details about Climate Change in Western Ski Areas: Timing of Wet Avalanches in Aspen Ski Area in the Years 2030 and 2100

Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability: Date: 2006; Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen; Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...; Object ID: issw-2006-925-933.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change; View additional details about Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability

Title: A Comparison of the Spatial Structure of the Penetration Resistance of Snow Layers in Two Different Snow Climates: Date: 2004; Authors: Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Spencer Logan; Description: This paper compares the spatial structure of the compressive strength of slab and weak layers from two different snow climates. Our data come from ar...; Object ID: ISSW-2004-003.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, spatial variability, snow layers, stratigraphy; View additional details about A Comparison of the Spatial Structure of the Penetration Resistance of Snow Layers in Two Different Snow Climates

Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability: Date: 2004; Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen; Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...; Object ID: ISSW-2004-009.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change; View additional details about Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability

Title: Field Measurement of Snow Creep in a Radiation Snow Climate, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Date: 2004; Authors: Nicholas G. Caselli; Description: Real-time creep data may one day be incorporated into avalanche forecasting practices. Although numerous methods of creep data collection have contri...; Object ID: issw-2004-012-021.pdf; Keywords: snow creep, avalanches, creep measurement, radiation snow climate, melt-freeze crusts; View additional details about Field Measurement of Snow Creep in a Radiation Snow Climate, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

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