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Title: High resolution (spatial and temporal) terrestrial laser scanning in avalanche release areas
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Benjamin Meier, Jeff Deems, Walter Steinkogler
Description: Previous efforts measuring spatial snow height distributions with terrestrial laser scanning have been conducted from a distance and at irregular inte...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P04.11.pdf
Keywords: laser scanning, spatial and temporal snow depth mapping.
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Title: SfM-based 3D point clouds in determination of snow depth from high-resolution UAS data as alternative methods: Is it possible to use?
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Remzi Eker, Abdurrahim Aydın, Yves Bühler, Andreas Stoffel
Description: The DEM of Difference (DoD) method is most common technique used to obtain snow depth (HS) maps obtained from remote sensing data such as unmanned aer...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P04.14.pdf
Keywords: dod, m3c2, point cloud, snow depth, uas
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Title: Photogrammetric snow depth mapping: evaluation of different platforms and sensors
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Lucie Eberhard, Mauro Marty, Andreas Stoffel, Robert Kenner, Yves Bühler
Description: Until today, snow depth data is mostly estimated based on point measurements, either collected manually or at automated weather stations. New photogra...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P04.15.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, snow water equivalent swe, photogrammetry, remote sensing, alpine terrain.
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Title: Detecting snow depth change in avalanche path starting zones using unmanned aerial systems and structure from motion photogrammetry
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland
Description: Understanding snow depth distribution and change is useful for avalanche forecasting and mitigation, runoff forecasting, and infrastructure planning. ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P04.16.pdf
Keywords: structure from motion, uas, snow depth, photogrammetry.
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Title: Bivariate spatial modeling of snow depth and snow water equivalent extremes in Austria
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Harald Schellander, Tobias Hell
Description: In many applications like hydrological studies focusing on potential runoff, or climate studies investigating water availability, a spatial representa...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.4.pdf
Keywords: bivariate model, spatial extremes, snow depth, snow water equivalent, conditional return level, snow load, max-stable process.
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Title: Modeling snow water equivalent exclusively from daily snow depths
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Michael Winkler, Harald Schellander
Description: Many applications and studies, like climate and extreme value analyses, are seeking for longterm records of snow water equivalent (SWE). Measurements ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.9.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, snow water equivalent, snow density, semi-empirical model, long-term snow data.
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Title: UAV Borne Laser Scanning of Snow Surfaces
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Florian Singer
Description: In snow and avalanche research, different methods are used increasingly to efficiently and accurately map snow surfaces and depths over an area of sev...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.03.pdf
Keywords: snow depth mapping, laser scanning, uav, uas
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Title: Acceleration Processes of Snow Glide Prior to Full-Depth Avalanche Release on Shrub Slopes in the Temperate Heavy-Snow Region of Japan
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Katsuhisa Kawashima, Tsutomu Iyobe, Takane Matsumoto
Description: In the temperate heavy-snow region of Japan, most of snow avalanche disaster arise as a consequence of the full-depth glide avalanche in the area with...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.07.pdf
Keywords: full-depth glide avalanche, snow glide, avalanche release, shrub slope
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Title: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Harpa Grimsdottir, Orn Ingolfsson, Magni H. Jonsson, Vidir Arnarson, Halfdan Ingolfsson, Sveinn Brynjolfsson, Gestur Hansson
Description: A small innovation company in Iceland, POLS Engineering, has developed the SM4 automatic snowpack sensor that is currently installed at over 30 locati...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow sensor, automatic warnings, snow crystals, snow depth, facets
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Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf
Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization
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Title: Photogrammetrically Derived Estimates of Snow Depth Variability in Complex Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Gabriel Wolken, Erin Whorton, Alexander Gould
Description: Seasonal snow is a key cryospheric variable because of its influence on energy and wa-ter budgets, regional economies, and public safety. Quantitative...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.47.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, photogrammetry, structure from motion, avalanche, alaska
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Title: Back Calculation of Avalanche Dimensions From Laser Scanning and sfm Photogrammetry
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, J.-M. Friedt, Ursula Enzenhofer, Florian Tolle
Description: After avalanche events happen it is always difficult to collect useful data from the avalanche dimensions such as snow volume that was released in the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche documentation, snow depth, laser scanning, sfm-photogrammetry, svalbard
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Title: Mapping Starting Zone Snow Depth with a Ground-Based LIDAR to Improve Avalanche Control and Forecasting
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Jeffrey S. Deems, Pete J. Gadomski, Dominic Vellone, Ryan Evanczyk, Adam LeWinter, Karl W. Birkeland, David C. Finnegan
Description: The distribution of snow depth in avalanche starting zones exerts a strong influence on avalanche potential and character. Extreme depth changes over...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O5.01.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, laser remote sensing, avalanche control.
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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
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Title: Avalanche Observations Using Video and Seismometer in Cold and Warm Snowy Regions
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Kazuya Akiyama, Shinji Ikeda
Description: In order to clarify the release of avalanches every winter, two avalanche observation sites were established; on the south side slope of Happone (1970...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche observation, surface-layer avalanche, full-depth avalanche, wet avalanche
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