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Title: TEMPERED MINDSET NAVIGATION FOR AVALANCHE RISK DECISION-MAKING: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Kenneth James Wylie; Description: In 1900, no one died in an avalanche because of a buried surface hoar layer; the language to describe that problem did not yet exist. People often tre...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.17.pdf; Keywords: human factors, adversity, agency, mindset, balance, sound decisions; View additional details about TEMPERED MINDSET NAVIGATION FOR AVALANCHE RISK DECISION-MAKING

Title: DUST ON SNOW IN THE WESTERN US: PROCESSES, PATTERNS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SNOW DURATION, WATER RESOURCES, AND SAFETY: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: S. McKenzie Skiles, Otto Lang, Patrick Naple; Description: Dust deposition on snow darkens the naturally bright surface, increasing absorption of solar radiation, and providing more energy for melt. Dust is e...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O16.02.pdf; Keywords: dust-on-snow, snow hydrology, energy balance, snowmelt; View additional details about DUST ON SNOW IN THE WESTERN US: PROCESSES, PATTERNS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SNOW DURATION, WATER RESOURCES, AND SAFETY

Title: The contribution of snowmelt to the annual waterbalance in the Tyrolean Alps: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Gerhard Wieser; Description: The altitudinal variation of precipitation, evapotranspiration, and runoff was quantified with separate inputs for the snow-free and the snow-covered ...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.10.pdf; Keywords: snowmelt, water balance, austrian alps.; View additional details about The contribution of snowmelt to the annual waterbalance in the Tyrolean Alps

Title: The Method for Estimating Outflow from The Snowpack Using the Simplified Heatbalance Model and the Percolation Model: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Masaya Shishido, Yasushi Kurihara, Daisuke Takahashi, Yasushi Kamata, Shigehiro Iikura; Description: To ensure the safety of train operations, it is important to estimate the outflow from the bottom of snowpack which might incur a full-depth avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.46.pdf; Keywords: snowmelt, outflow from snowpack, heat balance method, full-depth avalanche; View additional details about The Method for Estimating Outflow from The Snowpack Using the Simplified Heatbalance Model and the Percolation Model

Title: Spatial Predictions of Surface Hoar and Crust Formation: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Simon Horton, Michael Schirmer, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Understanding the distribution of critical snowpack layers is important when assessing avalanche hazard. Two common critical layers, surface hoar and ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-01.pdf; Keywords: surface hoar, sun crust, surface energy balance, avalanche forecasting, numeric weather prediction; View additional details about Spatial Predictions of Surface Hoar and Crust Formation

Title: An Operational Supporting Tool for Assessing Wet-Snow Avalanche Danger: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Frank Techel, Charles Fierz, JÃ¼rg 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; View additional details about An Operational Supporting Tool for Assessing Wet-Snow Avalanche Danger

Title: A Simple Method to Study Snow Erosion and Deposition Processes in Small Avalanches: The Straw Test: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: E. Bovet, M. Maggioni, L. Pitet, B. Chiaia, M. Freppaz, V. Segor, P. Dellavedova; Description: The snow erosion and deposition processes play a fundamental role in the avalanche dynamics. Nowadays, sophisticated and expensive techniques, such a...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-25.pdf; Keywords: straw test, avalanche mass balance, net erosion and deposition, cheap method; View additional details about A Simple Method to Study Snow Erosion and Deposition Processes in Small Avalanches: The Straw Test

Title: Strasser, U. and Marke, T. (2013): ESCIMO.spread - A Spreadsheet-Based Point Snow Surface Energy Balance Model to Calculate Hourly Snow Water Equivalent and Melt Rates for Climate: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Strasser, U., Marke, T.; Description: This paper describes the spreadsheet-based point energy balance model ESCIMO.spread which simulates the energy and mass balance as well as melt rates...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-30.pdf; Keywords: snow modeling, canopy interception, spread sheet, energy balance; View additional details about Strasser, U. and Marke, T. (2013): ESCIMO.spread - A Spreadsheet-Based Point Snow Surface Energy Balance Model to Calculate Hourly Snow Water Equivalent and Melt Rates for Climate

Title: A Solar Warming Model (Swarm) to Estimate Diurnal Changes in Near-Surface Snowpack Temperatures for Back-Country Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 2008-09-25; Authors: Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Diurnal temperature fluctuations occur in near-surface snowpack layers as a result of the energy balance at the snow surface. While there is some unde...; Object ID: P__8092.pdf; Keywords: solar radiation, short wave radiation, near-surface warming, surface energy balance, snowpack temperatures, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about A Solar Warming Model (Swarm) to Estimate Diurnal Changes in Near-Surface Snowpack Temperatures for Back-Country Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Measuring Near-Surface Snow Temperature Changes Over Terrain: Date: 2006; Authors: Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson; Description: The energy balance at the snow surface results in substantial diurnal temperature fluctuations within the top portion of the snowpack. These temperat...; Object ID: issw-2006-377-386.pdf; Keywords: daytime warming, near-surface temperature change, snow surface energy balance, radiation, seasonal snowcover; View additional details about Measuring Near-Surface Snow Temperature Changes Over Terrain

Title: Noaaâ€™s National Snow Analyses: Date: 2006; Authors: Tom Carroll, Don Cline; Description: NOAAâ€™s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) provides comprehensive, near real-time, snow observations, snow analyses,...; Object ID: issw-2006-797-805.pdf; Keywords: energy-and-mass-balance snow model, remote sensing, airborne snow measurements, snow hydrology, water supply, snowmelt flooding; View additional details about Noaaâ€™s National Snow Analyses

Title: Slope Scale Modeling of Snow Surface Temperature in Topographically Complex Terrain: Date: 2006; Authors: J.M. Staples, E.E. Adams, A. E. Slaughter, L.R. McKittrick; Description: In mountainous terrain, landscape strongly influences the thermal state of snow. An energy balance model, Radtherm/RT, can be used to account for topo...; Object ID: issw-2006-806-814.pdf; Keywords: snow surface, temperature, topography, energy balance, modeling, radiation; View additional details about Slope Scale Modeling of Snow Surface Temperature in Topographically Complex Terrain

Title: The Importance of Snow Entrainment in Avalanche Dynamics Calculations: Date: 2004; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Perry Bartelt, Stefan Margreth; Description: Numerical models that predict flow velocities and runout distances of extreme avalanche events are used to delimit hazard maps. These models contain m...; Object ID: issw-2004-065-073.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, avalanche mass balance, entrainment, deposition, numerical modelling; View additional details about The Importance of Snow Entrainment in Avalanche Dynamics Calculations

Title: Experimental Study of Radiation-Recrystallized Near-Surface Facets in Snow: Date: 2004; Authors: B.W. Morstad, E.E. Adams, L.R. McKittrick; Description: An experimental study on the formation of radiation recrystallized near-surface facets in snow was performed in an environmental chamber. This form of...; Object ID: issw-2004-124-132.pdf; Keywords: near-surface faceting, kinetic growth, metamorphism, radiation balance; View additional details about Experimental Study of Radiation-Recrystallized Near-Surface Facets in Snow

Title: Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland: Date: 2002; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Marc Christen, Francois Dufour, Urs Gruber, Martin Kern, Margherita Maggioni, Felix Tiefenbacher, Barbara Turnbull, Perry Bartelt; Description: There are still many unresolved questions in snow avalanche dynamics. This was apparent during the catastrophic avalanche Winter of 1999. In this pape...; Object ID: issw-2002-071-078.pdf; Keywords: flowing avalanches, powder avalanches, chute experiments, optical velocity sensors, capacitance density probes, velocity profiles, radar, mass balance, snow cover entrainment, numerical modelling; View additional details about Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland

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