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Title: DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC) IN SNOW MECHANICS: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jakob Schöttner, Melin Walet, Valentin Adam, Michael J. Kohler, Bastian Bergfeld, Marcus Muhonen, Daan Leeflang, Florian Rheinschmidt, Philipp Rosendahl, Philipp Weißgraeber, Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: In snow mechanics experiments, complex loading configurations and layered snow can produce highly non-uniform deformation, including strain localizati...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.35.pdf
Keywords: digital image correlation, dic, snow mechanics, snow slab avalanches, avalanche dynamics
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Title: OPTICAL MONITORING OF AVALANCHE REALEASE ZONES IN BESSANS, HAUTE MAURIENNE VALLEY, FRANCE, WITH A REMOTE AND ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT CAMERA SYSTEM
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Ishak Barkat, Christophe Lin-Kwong-Chon, Alain Duclos, Maxence Carrel, Severin Staehly, Cédric Périllat, Gaëlle Bourgeois, Anne Lescurier, Roger Fiandino, Argheesh Bhanot, Frédéric Pourraz
Description: The slopes between the Pointes du Chatelard and the Pointe de Claret in the Vanoise National ˆ Park, Haute-Maurienne in France are located right abo...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, energy self-sufficient camera system, image processing, digital image correlation, deep learning.
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Title: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OPERATIONAL GENERATION CHANGE WITHIN AVALANCHE SERVCES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Peder Caviezel, Martin Keiser, Janic Cathomen, Matthias Pleyer, Walter Steinkogler
Description: In many areas of the Alps, there will be a generational change within the avalanche services over the next few years. This entails the risk of knowled...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.2.pdf
Keywords: knowledge transfer, digital database, data-driven decisions, generation change
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Title: DESIGNING DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT HANDOFF AT SHIFT CHANGES IN AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stan Nowak, Pascal Haegeli, Lyn Bartram
Description: Avalanche forecasters typically work in teams, relying on the continuity of their shared understanding of avalanche conditions. Shift changes can disr...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.25.pdf
Keywords: remote forecasting, shift changes, teamwork, digital support tools
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Title: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SKI RESORTS AND COMMUNITY AVALANCHE SERVICES - OPERATIONAL EXAMPLES FROM SWITZERLAND
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Sophia Demmel, Benjamin Meier, Christian Wyssen, Walter Steinkogler
Description: We present examples from large (> 8 team members, > 150 piste kilometers) and small ski resort (1-2 team members, 15–80 piste kilometers), forecasti...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.43.pdf
Keywords: digital transformation, safety concepts, documentation, communication
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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: COMPARISONS OF VERTICAL SNOW HARDNESS PROFILES BETWEEN THE SNOWMICROPEN, SNOW SCOPE AND MANUAL METHODS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Kelly Elder, Zach Keskinen, Chris McCaslin, Anna Valentine, Hans-Peter Marshall
Description: Spatial information on snow strength is difficult to collect, interpret, and display. Hardness is often used as a proxy for strength because it is rel...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.35.pdf
Keywords: snow profile, hardness, stratigraphy, digital probe
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Title: Linking modelled potential release areas with avalanche dynamic simulations: an automated approach for large-scale avalanche hazard mapping
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Yves Bühler, Daniel von Rickenbach, Marc Christen, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, Andreas Stoffel, Roderick Kühne
Description: Snow avalanches are a major threat for people and infrastructure in alpine regions. In Switzerland and other countries in the Alps, long term experien...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.22.pdf
Keywords: large scale hazard mapping, avalanche engineering, digital elevation model, release area, avalanche mitigation
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Title: The Valalanche project: putting recent progress in snow avalanche mapping into practice
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Martin Proksch, Bernhard Dräyer, Damian Steffen, Ivan Pašić, André Burkard, Norbert Carlen
Description: Avalanche mitigation as well as decision making depends on the knowledge of historical avalanche records. However, the accurate mapping of avalanches ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O09.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, digital documentation systems, operational tools, it solutions, remote sensing, uav, smartphone.
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Title: Climate Change: A New Software to Study the Variations of Snow Images Shot by Web Cam
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mauro Valt, Rosamaria Salvatori, Paolo Plini, Roberto Salzano, Marco Giusto, Mauro Montagnoli
Description: The seasonal Snow cover and its extension play a relevant role for environmental studies in mountain areas especially considering its variation during...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-16.pdf
Keywords: snow cover monitoring, climate change, digital images, software, alps, apennines
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Title: Digital Flow for Grain Segmentation from 3D Microtomographic Images of Snow
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Xi Wang, Frédéric Flin, David Coeurjolly, Bernard Lesaffre
Description: We propose in this article a shape segmentation method for granular structures in 3D based on medial axis. We define a two-step algorithm: the first ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-19.pdf
Keywords: medial axis, digital flow, snow grain segmentation
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: Aerodynamic and Surface Characteristic Length Scales of Snow Covered Flat Planes
Date: 2009
Authors: Christof Gromke, Michele Guala, Costantino Manes, Benjamin Walter, Michael Lehning
Description: Velocity profiles over fresh fallen snow surfaces have been measured in the SLF cold atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel. Aerodynamic roughness le...
Object ID: issw-2009-0136-0140.pdf
Keywords: aerodynamic roughness length, digital image analysis, snow surface roughness, structure functions, surface characteristic length scales, turbulent boundary layer flow
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Title: Automated Detection and Mapping of Rough Snow Surfaces Including Avalanche Deposits Using Airborne Optical Remote Sensing
Date: 2009
Authors: Yves Bühler, Andreas Hüni, Marc Christen, Roland Meister, Tobias Kellenberger
Description: The characteristics of snow pack surfaces are spatially and temporally highly variable. Today, in situ field observations provide mostly isolated info...
Object ID: issw-2009-0170-0174.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, avalanche mapping, airborne digital scanner, rapid mapping, snow surface roughness, wind modelled snowpack
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Title: Digital vs. Analog Technology in the Avalanche Rescue Field
Date: 1998
Authors: Gerald Kampel
Description: This paper will discuss both analogue and digital technologies as to their application to avalanche transceivers. Onovox's philosophy concerning simpl...
Object ID: issw-1998-128-130.pdf
Keywords: digital, analogue, pulse rate, norm standard, compatibility
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