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- Title: The Role of Slope Angle, Ground Roughness and Stauchwall Strength in the Formation of Glide-Snow Avalanches in Forest Gaps
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: T. Feistl, P. Bebi, P. Bartelt
- Description: Mountain forests are a cost-efficient measure to prevent the release of glide-snow avalanches. However, avalanches still release in forest gaps. Well-...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-57.pdf
- Keywords: forest avalanches, glide-snow avalanche, release, snow cover
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- Title: The Avalanche Events of December 2008 in Ceresole Reale (Piedmont Western Italian Alps)
- Date: 2009
- Authors: M. Maggioni, A. Caimi, D. Godone, M. Freppaz, A. Bertea, M. Cordola, M.C. Prola, V. Bertoglio, B. Frigo
- Description: December 2008 was characterized by intense precipitations, in particular in the middle of the month (14th – 17th) throughout all the Italian We...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0025-0029.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche case study, extreme event, mapping, forest damage
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- Title: Snow and Avalanche: The Influence of Forest on Snowpack Stability
- Date: 2009
- Authors: D. Viglietti, S. Letey, R. Motta, M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz
- Description: Snow avalanches are among the most important disturbances that affect mountain ecosystems, influencing forest dynamics, establishment and mortality pr...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0323-0327.pdf
- Keywords: forest, snow, avalanches, protective function
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- Title: Interrelationships and Interactions Between Helicopter Skiing, Forests and the Forestry Industry in British Columbia, Canada
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Christina Delaney, Alexander Prokop
- Description: Helicopter skiing is intricately intertwined with forested landscapes and the forestry industry. The study objective was to determine, describe and an...
- Object ID: P__8076.pdf
- Keywords: forest, forestry, helicopter skiing, british columbia, avalanche
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- Title: Avalanche Size Increase Resulting from Forest Removal and Wind Loading – A Case Study from Central Colorado Using AVAL-1D
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Arthur I. Mears, Arthur I. Mear
- Description: Forest removal for a proposed ski run within a ski-area expansion would increase the
amount of wind-deposited snow in a downwind avalanche starting z...
- Object ID: issw-2006-775-777.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, design-magnitude avalanche, runout distance, aval-1d, forest removal, windtransported snow
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- Title: From the Tree to the Forest - Investigating Snow Accumulation Around Individual Trees
- Date: 2006
- Authors: S.R. Fassnacht, M. Toro, S. Simonson, E.K. Bentley
- Description: Estimating the volume of water stored in a snowpack in a montane forest combines spatial measurements of snow depth with average snowpack density. The...
- Object ID: issw-2006-876-879.pdf
- Keywords: snow depth, snow density, forest canopy, picea engelmanii, abies lasiocarpa
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- Title: Ecological Implications of Snow Avalanches
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Elizabeth G. Hebertson, Michael J. Jenkins
- Description: Unavailable
- Object ID: issw-2006-887-891.pdf
- Keywords: forest, avalanche, ecology
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- Title: United States Military Artillery for Avalanche Control Program: A Short History in Time
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Doug Abromeit
- Description: The U.S. Forest Service initiated avalanche control and forecasting in the United States. The Forest Service manages large tracts of publicly owned la...
- Object ID: ISSW-2004-012.pdf
- Keywords: military artillery, avalanche control, recoilless rifle, howitzer, forest service
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- Title: Near-Surface Faceted Crystals on a Slope Covered with Stone Pine Trees
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Peter Höller
- Description: This paper presents snow surface temperature measurements as well as snow
temperature investigations in the uppermost layer of the snowpack on a slop...
- Object ID: issw-2004-107-111.pdf
- Keywords: snow metamorphism, forest, avalanches
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- Title: Snow Avalanche Penetration into Mature Forest in Timber Harvested Terrain
- Date: 2004
- Authors: G. Anderson, D. McClung
- Description: Clear cut logging in British Columbia, Canada is creating new avalanche start zones that can produce snow avalanches sufficient in size to penetrate a...
- Object ID: issw-2004-409-414.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, timber harvest, forest damage, clear-cut
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- Title: The Avalanche Notes
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Gary Murphy, Evan Salke
- Description: Welcome to the Internet version of The Avalanche Notes! For those of you who are
unfamiliar with The Avalanche Notes, they were established in 1976 b...
- Object ID: issw-2004-513.pdf
- Keywords: forecasts, avalanche, forest service
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- Title: United States Military Artillery for Avalanche Control Program: A Brief History in Time
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Doug Abromeit
- Description: The USDA Forest Service initiated avalanche control and forecasting in the United States. The Forest Service manages large tracts of publicly owned la...
- Object ID: issw-2004-611-619.pdf
- Keywords: military artillery, avalanche control, recoilless rifle, howitzer, forest service
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- Title: Forest Industry Snow Avalanche Hazards in Southeastern B.C.
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Lawrence S. Redfern
- Description: Snow avalanche hazards are an issue for the forest industry in southeastern British
Columbia; this issue may be of increasing importance in the futur...
- Object ID: issw-1998-014-021.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard, forest
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- Title: The Future Role of the U.S. Forest Service in Avalanche Programs
- Date: 1990
- Authors: H. Peter Wingle
- Description: In the early years of ski area development In the west, the U.S. Forest Service assumed a leadership role In both avalanche and snow science related r...
- Object ID: issw-1990-163-166.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche programs, forest service, future, control, ski areas, back country
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- Title: Military Weapons for Avalanche Control Program
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Doug Abromeit
- Description: Military weapons were first used to control avalanches in North America in 1949 at Alta Ski Area, Utah and Berthoud Pass, Colorado. Military weapons p...
- Object ID: issw-1990-167-174.pdf
- Keywords: forest service, ski areas, control, military, weapons, gaz-ex
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