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- Title: SAR REMOTE SENSING AS A SUPPORT TOOL FOR OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE FORECASTING
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Alberto Mariani, Jacopo Borsotti, Martin Metzger, Giacomo Villa, Luca Dellarole, Martin Ahrland Stefan, Franz Livio, Fabiano Monti
- Description: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing has increasingly been exploited for snow and avalanche research to derive spatially explicit information...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_O7.6.pdf
- Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; remote sensing; wet snow; snow depth; avalanche deposits
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- Title: Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Francis Meloche, Ron Simenhois, Don Sharaf, Ethan Greene, Johan Gaume
- Description: Avalanche defense structures in starting zones are effective, but they are also expensive and visually intrusive; as a result, many highway programs i...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.51.pdf
- Keywords: crack arrest, avalanche mitigation structures, release size, numerical modelling, depth-averaged material-point-method.
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- Title: AUTOMOTIVE LIDARS UTILIZED TO PROVIDE REAL TIME SNOW DEPTH MAPPING FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTING AND DECISION-MAKING IN SKI RESORTS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Alexander Prokop, Stefan Muckenhuber, Thomas Gölles, Stefan Wallner, Birgit Schlager, Stefan Graf, Florian Singer
- Description: LiDARs are used for snow depth mapping for all scales, from satellites, airplanes, drones, mobile vehicles, and terrestrial based since about 20 years...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.44.pdf
- Keywords: lidar, laser scanning, snow depth, snow accumulation, low-cost
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- Title: DRONE DOCKING STATIONS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SNOW DEPTH AND AVALANCHE MAPPING: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Yves Bühler
- Description: A drone docking station is an autonomous hub designed to support the remote operation of drones, thus eliminating the need for on-site personnel. In w...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.15.pdf
- Keywords: remote sensing, uas, drone dock, photogrammetry, snow depth.
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- Title: Near real-time snow depth monitoring with low-cost lidar sensors for road safety decisions
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Pia Ruttner, Julia Glaus, Yves Bühler
- Description: Operational avalanche safety decisions often must be taken under conditions of limited direct observations and sparse spatial data coverage. In partic...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.27.pdf
- Keywords: remote sensing, snow depth monitoring, low-cost lidar, road safety
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- Title: FROM POINT TO SLOPE: ASSESSING WEATHER STATION SNOW DEPTH REPRESENTATIVENESS USING LIDAR AND GEOSTATISTICS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Katreen M. Wikstrom Jones, Gabriel J. Wolken, Michael Janes
- Description: Weather station data are widely used by avalanche forecasters to validate meteorological forecasts and to assess snowpack characteristics at specific ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.31.pdf
- Keywords: weather stations, snow depth, spatial representativeness, snow prediction, lidar.
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- Title: DRONE LIDAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AVALANCHES TRIGGERED BY A MID-WINTER RAIN EVENT ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Anthony D. Maue, Devin Cvitanovich, William C. Floyd, Benjamin O'Connor, Sergey Marchenko, Maartje Korver, Eva Griffiths
- Description: As part of ongoing snow hydrology research, regular drone- and plane-based lidar surveys are conducted each winter and spring in the Russell Creek Exp...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.56.pdf
- Keywords: lidar, drone, snow depth, rain, weather station
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- Title: WHUMPING OF A PERSISTENT DEPTH HOAR WEAK LAYER: ANALYSIS OF A RARE COMBINATION OF MANUAL STABILITY TESTS AND AUTOMATED SNOW MEASUREMENTS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Benjamin Walter, Christoph Marty, Fabian Wolfsperger, Alec van Herwijnen, Francesco Pellegrini, Alexandra von der Esch, Yiyao Chen, Kalin Markov
- Description: Whumpf sounds indicate the collapse of a buried weak layer and are associated with fracture propagation over distances of tens of meters without avala...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.6.pdf
- Keywords: depth hoar, persistent weak layer, whumpf, fracture propagation, snow stability
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- Title: CLIMATE-DRIVEN SHIFTS IN SNOWPACK CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR WET SNOW AVALANCHES: INSIGHTS FROM SNOW COVER MODEL SIMULATIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Andrea Bruckmeier, Christoph Mitterer, Karl Birkeland, Eric Sproles, Erich Peitzsch
- Description: Forecasting wet snow avalanches remains a major challenge due to their temporal and spatial variability. Long-term climate trends are producing more v...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.48.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, wet snow, snow depth, pgw, long-term trends, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF DYNAMICAL MODEL USE IN AVALANCHE CONSULTANCY TODAY?
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Callum Tregaskis, Peter Gauer
- Description: Understanding the limitations of dynamical modelling approaches is essential to providing
accurate and useful information to clients. In avalanche co...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.10.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche dynamics, numerical modelling, depth-averaged modelling
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- Title: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PRECIPITATION INPUTS ON SNOWPACK SIMULATIONS IN WESTERN CANADA
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Kelsea Krawetz, Pascal Haegeli, Simon Horton
- Description: Public avalanche forecasters in Canada increasingly rely on snowpack models to augment manual observations for avalanche hazard assessments, but sever...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.2.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack models, precipitation, uncertainty, snow depth, validation
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- Title: EXPLORING THE USE OF A MULTIVARIATE SNOW INDEX IN THE PYRENEES TO CHARACTERIZE SNOW SEASONS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Anna Albalat, Laura Trapero , Marc Lemus-Canovas, Marc Pons
- Description: In recent decades, snow depth in European mountain regions like the Pyrenees has tended to decrease due to the increase in both temperature and precip...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.3.pdf
- Keywords: snow depth, multivariate snow index, mountain areas, winter season, snow variability
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- Title: WHERE TO PUT THE WEATHER STATION? OPTIMIZING THE LOCATION FOR AUTOMATED SNOW DEPTH MEASUREMENTS BASED ON REMOTE SENSING, AVALANCHE MODELING AND TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Yves Buhler, Andreas Stoffel, David Liechti
- Description: Automated weather stations (AWS) measuring snow-related parameters are essential for avalanche warning in many regions. Key data include new snow accu...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.10.pdf
- Keywords: weather station, spatial variability, remote sensing, snow depth, hazard indication mapping, avalanche warning
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- Title: DRONE-MOUNTED SNOW RADAR SYSTEM - QUANTITATIVE FIELD VALIDATION OF TERRESTRIAL SNOW MEASUREMENTS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Rolf-Ole R. Jenssen, Hannah Vickers, Robert Ricker, Eirik Malnes, Svein Jacobsen
- Description: Airborne ground-penetrating radar systems offer a secure and time-efficient method for measuring snow depth and snowpack stratigraphy in challenging t...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P8.2.pdf
- Keywords: snow stratigraphy, snow depth, radar, drone
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- Title: SNOW DEPTHS IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS USING ICESAT-2 AND SENTINEL-1
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Rasmus Meyer, Mathias Schødt, Jonas Kvist Andersen, Mads Dømgaard, Mikkel Lydholm Rasmussen, Anders Anker Bjørk
- Description: Knowledge about seasonal snow accumulation is key for managing water resources, especially in mountainous regions. However, accurate measurements of s...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O9.4.pdf
- Keywords: snow depth, remote sensing, icesat-2, sentinel-1
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