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Title: SAHARAN DUST DEPOSITION AND AVALANCHES: HOW MINERAL PARTICLES AFFECT THE SNOWPACK
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: C. Artoni, G. Lorenzoni, M.A.C. Potenza, B. Delmonte, C. Mangili, L. Teruzzi, V. Raspagni, V. Maggi
Description: Saharan dust intrusions are recurring events across the European Alps and other mid-latitude mountain ranges, depositing mineral particles onto season...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.43.pdf
Keywords: saharan dust, red snow, melt-freeze crust, faceted crystals, persistent weak layers, wet-snow avalanches, snowpack metamorphism, avalanche forecasting
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Title: MINERAL DUST IN THE SEASONAL SNOWPACK: AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON AN ITALIAN ALPINE GLACIER
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Claudio Artoni, Llorenç Cremonesi, Deborah Fiorini, François Yves Burgay, Sarah Pizzini, Elena Barbaro, Clara Turetta, Biagio Di Mauro, Marco A. C. Potenza, Barbara Delmonte
Description: On a global scale, mineral dust accounts for the major contribution to the mass load of airborne particles in the atmosphere. It consists of micron-si...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.02.pdf
Keywords: mineral dust, optical properties, chemical composition, anthropogenic tracers, glaciers, alps
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Title: A TWO-YEAR TIME SERIES OF SNOWPACK AND ENERGY BALANCE FIELD MEASUREMENTS ACROSS RECORD-BREAKING WINTERS AT ATWATER STUDY PLOT (ALTA, UT)
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Otto I. Lang, S. McKenzie Skiles
Description: At Alta, Utah, the 2021-2022 snow season was characterized by a multi-month snow drought and record-breaking dust-on-snow deposition. Although storms ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.07.pdf
Keywords: dust on snow, precipitation extremes, snow metamorphism, hydrology
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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
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Title: DUSTY-LAYERS AND AVALANCHES: NOVEL TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Claudio Artoni, Llorenç Cremonesi, Luca Teruzzi, Claudia Ravasio, Deborah Fiorini, Barbara Delmonte, Valter Maggi, Marco A. C. Potenza
Description: In some alpine locations, a strange landscape may be seen, reddish snow on the ground tints the surroundings, creating an almost Martian environment. ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.19.pdf
Keywords: dusty-layers, avalanches, weak layers, optical properties, mineral dust
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Title: Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Zach M. Guy, Jeffrey S. Deems
Description: In recent decades, dust-on-snow events are increasing in both frequency and geographic extent in the Western U.S. Although dust layers have gained a r...
Object ID: ISSW16_O3.03.pdf
Keywords: dust, slab avalanches, metamorphism, forecasting
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Title: Examining Meteorological Influences on Dust-on-Snow Event Character Using the HYSPLIT Model
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Philip Straub
Description: Dust-on-snow (DOS) events are common to the Upper Colorado River Basin. Dust is transported from adjacent arid regions during periods of high wind and...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.22.pdf
Keywords: dust-on-snow, hysplit, snow hydrology, mass loading, event character
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Title: Desert Dust and Snow Stability
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Christopher C. Landry
Description: Deposition of Colorado Plateau desert dust onto the Colorado mountain snowcover has increased over recent decades. Consequent reductions in snow cover...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.39.pdf
Keywords: snow albedo, snow stability, desert dust, snow avalanches
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Title: Plume Formation in Powder Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Perry Bartelt, Yves Bühler, Othmar Buser, Christian Ginzler
Description: A long-standing problem in avalanche science is to model the formation and propagation of icedust clouds that accompany fast moving dry snow flowing a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, powder snow avalanches, plume formation, ice-dust cloud, blowout height, suspension layer
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Title: Shortwave Radiative Forcing by Dust Deposition in Mountain Snow Cover
Date: 2006
Authors: Thomas H. Painter, Andrew P. Barrett, Chris Landry
Description: Regional, intracontinental, and intercontinental dust emission events frequently deposit in mountain snow cover. Winter and spring storms entrain rad...
Object ID: issw-2006-829-833.pdf
Keywords: dust deposition, snow, albedo, radiative forcing, snowmelt
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Title: Impact of Desert Dust on Meltrates and Runoff From Mountain Snowpacks
Date: 2006
Authors: Andrew P. Barrett, Thomas H. Painter, Chris Landry
Description: Dust entrained from the Colorado Plateau is deposited over large areas of the snowcover of the San Juan Mountains, southwest Colorado. In most years, ...
Object ID: issw-2006-834.pdf
Keywords: snow, dust, snowmelt, runoff, albedo
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Title: The Effects of Dust on Avalanche Formation
Date: 2006
Authors: Andy Anderson, Thomas H. Painter, Chris Landry
Description: Dust layers deposited in the snow pack are common occurrences in several mountain ranges of the world. In the USA these layers are seen each winter in...
Object ID: issw-2006-843.pdf
Keywords: dust, avalanche, metamorphism, snow
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Title: The Coupling of Mountains and Deserts: Biogeochemical Influence of Eolian Deposition in the San Juan Mountains, CO USA
Date: 2006
Authors: Corey Lawrence, Jason Neff, Sarah Castle, Thomas H. Painter
Description: Several studies have indicated that eolian material can be an ecologically significant source of calcium (Ca) in Rocky Mountain ecosystems. However, t...
Object ID: issw-2006-898.pdf
Keywords: snow chemistry, dust, nutrient loading, eolian
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Title: Hyperspectral Analysis of Direct Shortwave Radiative Forcing of Dust in Mountain Snowcover
Date: 2006
Authors: Thomas H. Painter, Maureen P. Cassidy
Description: Springtime desert dust storms regularly deposit radiatively absorbing dust on the snow cover of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The ...
Object ID: issw-2006-910.pdf
Keywords: snow, dust, radiative forcing, hyperspectral, remote sensing
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Title: The Spatial Distribution and Impact on Avalanche Condition of a Dust-on-Snow Event in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Date: 2006
Authors: Scott Toepfer, Leif Borgeson, Bruce Edgerly, Ethan Greene, Peter Inglis, Halsted Morris, Brad Sawtell, Craig Sterbenz
Description: On the afternoon of February 14th, and continuing into the morning of February 16th, 2006, strong winds across the desert southwest of the United Stat...
Object ID: issw-2006-913-916.pdf
Keywords: dust-on-snow, avalanche cycle, case study
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