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Title: TO MEASURE OR NOT TO MEASURE: HOW DENSITY-DETERMINATION METHODS CAN INFLUENCE SNOW INSTABILITY SIMULATED FROM OBSERVED PROFILES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Leonardo Zoltan, Ingrid Reiweger
Description: Numerical snow cover models have emerged as valuable tools for avalanche forecasting, simulating snowpack stratigraphy and producing instability metri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, modelling and quantitative forecasting, snowpack properties, snow density
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Title: EVALUATION OF FALLING SNOW DENSITY PARAMETERIZATIONS AGAINST REAL-TIME SNOW DENSITY MEASUREMENTS FROM A DIFFERENTIAL EMISSIVITY IMAGING DISDROMETER (DEID)
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Travis J. Morrison, Bettina Richter, Benjamin Silberman, Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Eric R. Pardyjak
Description: Snow-cover models are becoming increasingly popular in the snow and hydrological communities and are highly sensitive to initial or falling snow densi...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.1.pdf
Keywords: new-snow density, snow density parameterization, disdrometer, deid, snow-cover modelling, wasatch mountains
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Title: RECENT ADVANCES IN MEASURING SNOW PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: DENSITY, SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA, AND LIQUID WATER CONTENT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Benjamin Walter, Valentin Philippe, Leah Gaillard Festa, Michael Lombardo, Lars Mewes
Description: Accurate measurements of snow density, specific surface area (SSA), and liquid water content (LWC) are essential for studying snow metamorphosis, snow...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.7.pdf
Keywords: snow microstructure, density, specific surface area, liquid water content, cryosphere monitoring.
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Title: ARIZONA'S ELEVATION SNOW DENSITY STUDY ON THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: David B K Pedersen, David W Lovejoy
Description: Variability in storm snow density along an elevation gradient has been frequently observed, however, systematic attempts to correlate these variables ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.8.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, san francisco peaks
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Title: SCENARIO-BASED AVALANCHE SIMULATIONS INCLUDING SNOW ENTRAINMENT, SNOW TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Lukas Stoffel, Perry Bartelt, Stefan Margreth
Description: Avalanche engineers use scenario-based simulations to predict avalanche runout and quantify impact pressures. An important input parameter for such si...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics; snow entrainment, snow temperature, snow density, hazard evaluation, climate change
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Title: UAV-BORNE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Bastien Dupuy, Martin Chatel, Arnt Grøver, Stéphane Garambois, Madeline Lee, Andrew Tobiesen, Halgeir Dahle, Sean Salazar, Regula Frauenfelder, Jordy Hendrikx, Tore Humstad
Description: In the GEOSFAIR (Geohazard Survey from Air) innovation project for the Norwegian public sector, several UAV (Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles)-borne remote se...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.7.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, gpr, uav, snow height, snow density
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Title: INITIALIZING SNOW COVER SIMULATIONS WITH OBSERVED SNOW PROFILES
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Michael Binder, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Snow cover models were originally developed to advance snow and avalanche research and assist operational avalanche forecasting. Though indispensable ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O4.02.pdf
Keywords: snowpack simulations, snow profiles, operational assessment and forecasting of avalanche danger, snow density parameterization, numerical weather prediction models, snow profile alignment and similarity assessment
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Title: INTER-PARTY AVALANCHE INVOLVEMENTS MAY INCREASE QUADRATICALLY WITH PARTY DENSITY
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Charles A. Hagedorn
Description: We estimate, from first-principles, the rate of inter-party avalanche involvements. The model suggests that the likelihood of inter-party involvements...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.04.pdf
Keywords: inter-party avalanche catalog, backcountry crowding, first-principles model, party density, backcountry travel techniques
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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE SCALE AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE (ATES) RATINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AVALANCHE EXPERTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Charles D. von Avis, John M. Sykes, Bryan Tutt
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is a terrain rating system developed in Canada to communicate risk due to snow avalanches to backcountry r...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.57.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), autoates, digital maps, forest density, localization
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Title: ADVANCEMENTS IN THE LYTE PROBE: IMPROVING SNOW CHARACTERIZATION AND AVALANCHE WORK THROUGH MULTI-SENSOR APPROACHES
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Micah J. Johnson, Michael S. Town, Tate G. Meehan
Description: The Lyte probe is a multi-sensored, manually-driven penetrometer/reflectometer, designed for operational snow safety and scientific research - priorit...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.39.pdf
Keywords: smart probe, penetrometer, near-infrared, snow hardness, density, lyte probe
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Title: A NEW HANDHELD CAPACITIVE SENSOR TO MEASURE SNOW DENSITY AND LIQUID WATER CONTENT
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Fabian Wolfspeger, Michel Geisser, Silvio Ziegler, Henning Löwe
Description: Quantifying the density (ρ) and liquid water content (LWC) of snow is crucial for any physical process in the snowpack. A widely used method to measu...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.52.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow wetness, liquid water content, capacitive sensor, permittivity, dielectric method, snow profile
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Title: A NOVEL LASER-BASED INSTRUMENT FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH-RESOLVED SNOW DENSITY – PART 1: LAB EXPERIMENTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: M. Koßagk, M. Neubert, M. Adams, R. Fromm, T. Schmiel
Description: Knowledge of depth-resolved snow density and its spatial distribution is essential for many scientific and operational applications. However, direct m...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.21.pdf
Keywords: snow density, laser drilling, laser range finder, lab experiments
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Title: A NOVEL LASER-BASED INSTRUMENT FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH-RESOLVED SNOW DENSITY – PART 2: FIELD TESTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Marc Adams, Martin Koßagk, Malte Neubert, Henry Silderhuis, Reinhard Fromm, Rico Krause, Gerd Schaufelberger, Tino Schmiel
Description: In this contribution, first results from field tests of a novel laser-based instrument for estimating depth-resolved snow density are presented. The S...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.22.pdf
Keywords: snow density, laser, arctic and alpine snow, snow stratigraphy
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Title: Investigating performance and correlation of ground-based snow depth and precipitation measurements
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Kay Helfricht, Lea Hartl, Roland Koch, Christoph Marty, Marc Olefs
Description: The performance of snow models is highly affected by the quality of precipitation input data. Particularly solid precipitation measurements in mountai...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.6.pdf
Keywords: precipitation correction, snow cover modelling, new snow density.
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Title: Snowcover density and Snow Water Equivalent in the Italian Alps
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Mauro Valt, Emanuele Romano, Nicolas Guyennon
Description: This article considers snowcover height and density based on 6,100 measurements carried out in 7 winter seasons (2010-2016) by Italian avalanche. The ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.7.pdf
Keywords: snowpack bulk density, snow cover, snow water equivalent, swe
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