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Title: The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rain-On-Snow
Date: 2000
Authors: Sue A. Ferguson
Description: Snow melt during rainfall causes large-scale flooding and avalanching. These rain-on-snow events are most well-documented in the coastal mountain rang...
Object ID: issw-2000-178-183.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanches, rain-on-snow, floods
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Title: Forecasting Factors for Skier-Triggered Avalanches at a Helicopter Skiing Operation
Date: 2000
Authors: Alan S.T. Jones, Bruce Jamieson, Mike Wiegele
Description: To forecast skier-triggered avalanches, stability, snowpack and meteorological variables, and records of previous avalanche activity are typically use...
Object ID: issw-2000-184-191.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche triggering, skier triggering
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Title: Using GIS to Visualize Historical Avalanche Data
Date: 2000
Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall
Description: Most historical avalanche data are stored in tabular form, and are difficult to access and visualize. This project utilizes a Geographic Information S...
Object ID: issw-2000-439.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), historical avalanche data
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Title: Effectiveness of Long Term Avalanche Defence Measures in Winter 1999 in Switzerland
Date: 2000
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Stephan Harvey, Christian Wilhelm
Description: The exceptional avalanche period of February 1999 in the Swiss Alps with more than 1000 destructive avalanches was a valuable test for the long term a...
Object ID: issw-2000-501-508.pdf
Keywords: destructive avalanches, avalanche defence, supporting structures
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Title: The Avalanches of Galtor and Valzur in Feb. 1999
Date: 2000
Authors: Peter Holler, Horst Schaffhauser
Description: The avalanche of GaltOr (Feb.23 1999) was the most serious single accident in Austria since 1954. There were 31 fatalities, 6 buildings destroyed and ...
Object ID: issw-2000-514-518.pdf
Keywords: avalanche disasters, avalanche zoning, simulation of avalanches
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Title: The Lavanchers Avalanche of February 23rd 1999, Aosta Valley, Italy
Date: 2000
Authors: Massimiliano Barbolini, Enrico Ceriani, Giorgio Del Monte, Valerio Segor, Fabrizio Savi
Description: The purpose of the present contribution is to present and analyse in detail an avalanche event which occurred on February 23rd 1999 in the Western Ita...
Object ID: issw-2000-519-526.pdf
Keywords: catastrophic avalanches, winter 1999, italian alps, lavanchers avalanche, protective measures
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Title: Snow and Avalanches Forecasting Over the Andes Mountains
Date: 2000
Authors: Jose A. Vergara, Rene Leon
Description: During the last three years (1998-2000), the University of Chile and COOElCO ANOINA has directed significant research towards the implementation and e...
Object ID: issw-2000-566-571.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanches, meteorology, andes mountains, chile
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Title: Photographic Studies of Slab Avalanches in Heather Canyon, Mt. Hood, Oregon
Date: 1998
Authors: Todd Semmes
Description: The avalanche control program for Heather Canyon-a large avalanche-prone canyon in the Mt Hood Meadows permit area-is reviewed. To help illustrate the...
Object ID: issw-1998-013.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche tracks, avalanche types, snow slides
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Title: Snowpack Factors Associated With Strength Changes of Buried Surface Hoar Layers
Date: 1998
Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Colin Johnston
Description: Every winter in North America, failures in layers of buried surface hoar (frost) release many slab avalanches, some of which kill recreationists. Some...
Object ID: issw-1998-074-085.pdf
Keywords: snow strength, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, snow metamorphism, snow physical properties, snow temperature
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Title: The Buildup of the Avalanche Section of the Icelandic Meteorological Office
Date: 1998
Authors: Magnus Mar Magnusson
Description: In this paper I will give a general overview of what we are doing at the Avalanche Section at the IMO. An attempt is being made at evaluating the risk...
Object ID: issw-1998-132-139.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche countermeasures, avalanche defense structures, debris flow
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Title: Reconstructing Ancient Avalanches of the Sierra Nevada Range
Date: 1998
Authors: P. R. Caterino
Description: The surface elevations of the lakes of the Sierra Nevada have stood considerably lower than the present for extended periods of time. The magnitude of...
Object ID: issw-1998-183-187.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, snow cover, snow precipitation
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Title: The Temporal Variations of Near-Surface Faceted Crystals, Red Mountain Pass Corridor, Colorado
Date: 1998
Authors: Joe Stock, Kelly Elder, Karl Birkeland
Description: Avalanches are an important natural hazard. Slab avalanches initiate when a more cohesive layer lies over a less cohesive weak layer and the stresses ...
Object ID: issw-1998-265-269.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, snow metamorphism, snow stability, avalanches
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Title: Zen in the Art of Avalanche Hazard Forecasting
Date: 1998
Authors: R.L. Sam Davis
Description: Avalanche hazard forecasters seek: to comprehend the true nature of the avalanche hazard by developing a feeling for the terrain, for the likelihood ...
Object ID: issw-1998-335-338.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanches, snow
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Title: Avalanches and the 2002 Olympic Games; A Panel Discussion
Date: 1998
Authors: Bruce Tremper, Doug Abromeit, Tom Leonard, Jim Steenburgh, Chris Stethem
Description: Identify problems and issues that affect avalanche safety at large alpine events and propose solutions and suggestions.
Object ID: issw-1998-354-358.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche defense, avalanche protection, avalanche forecasting, avalanche countermeasures, avalanche rescue
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Title: The Seven Elements of Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 1998
Authors: David M. McClung
Description: The first element of avalanche forecasting is the definition: the prediction of current and future snow instability in space and time relative to a gi...
Object ID: issw-1998-426.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche accidents
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