International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings - Montana State University Library

skip navigation

Digital Collections Home

Your search for Keyword "frequency"resulted in 24 records.

Title: A PROBABILITY-BASED MODELLING APPROACH BEYOND A FEW SELECTED RETURN PERIODS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jan Kleinn, Yves Bühler, Julia Glaus, Dörte Aller, Catherine Berger, Michael Rinderer, Nils Hählen, Adrian Peter, Corinne Singeisen
Description: We present an innovative modelling approach, which allows to derive probability-based hazard information at any location in avalanche-prone areas. Su...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.7.pdf
Keywords: hazard modelling, risk modelling, probabilistic modelling, avalanche hazard, avalanche risk, loss-frequency-curves
View additional details about A PROBABILITY-BASED MODELLING APPROACH BEYOND A FEW SELECTED RETURN PERIODS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT

Title: MULTI-FREQUENCY SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF AVALANCHES AND SNOW PARAMETERS IN SVALBARD
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Eirik Malnes, Hannah Vickers, Jakob Grahn, Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jensen, Robert Ricker, Tom Rune Lauknes
Description: We present a time-series of L-, C- and X-band SAR data corresponding to wavelengths 23 cm, 5 cm, and 3 cm from the ALOS-2, Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O9.2.pdf
Keywords: sar, multi-frequency, avalanche detection, wet snow, swe
View additional details about MULTI-FREQUENCY SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF AVALANCHES AND SNOW PARAMETERS IN SVALBARD

Title: AVALANCHE MITIGATION AT LIZARD HEAD PASS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Rosalind (Roz) Reynolds
Description: Lizard Head Pass, a section of State Highway 145 (SH 145) between the towns of Ophir and Rico, located in Southern Colorado, averages 2300 vehicles da...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.58.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems (racs), avalanche hazard index (ahi), mitigated ahi, annual frequency, return period
View additional details about AVALANCHE MITIGATION AT LIZARD HEAD PASS

Title: AVALANCHE CLIMATE REGIME ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PATHS IMPACTING STATE ROUTE 210, LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Steven Clark
Description: Avalanches have been a formidable threat to people and property in Little Cottonwood Canyon since the 1800's. In recent history, the Utah Department o...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O7.02.pdf
Keywords: little cottonwood canyon, sr210, avalanche frequency
View additional details about AVALANCHE CLIMATE REGIME ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PATHS IMPACTING STATE ROUTE 210, LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH

Title: Relationship between avalanche size and frequency based on avalanche video image observation in a warm snowy region
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Kazuya Akiyama, Yusuke Harada
Description: Avalanche observation site was established on the east side slope and foot of Mt. Gongendake (1104m a.s.l.), central Japan, in a warm snowy region whe...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P01.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche tremor and video image observation, avalanche size, avalanche frequency.
View additional details about Relationship between avalanche size and frequency based on avalanche video image observation in a warm snowy region

Title: Measuring Snow Water Equivalent in Wet Snow With Ultrawideband GPR
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Mark Robertson, Hans-Peter Marshall, Doug Roberts, Will Tidd
Description: Accurate estimates of snow water equivalent (SWE) are important for mountainous areas where snow accounts for the majority of the annual precipitation...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.51.pdf
Keywords: radar, snow, snow water equivalent, liquid water, frequency, permittivity
View additional details about Measuring Snow Water Equivalent in Wet Snow With Ultrawideband GPR

Title: Validating a Relationship Between Avalanche Runout Distance and Frequency
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexandra Sinickas, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Statistical runout models can provide good estimates of extreme avalanche runout, but do not estimate more frequent runout distances such as ten or th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-23.pdf
Keywords: runout ratio, frequency, magnitude, poisson, avalanche runout, trim lines
View additional details about Validating a Relationship Between Avalanche Runout Distance and Frequency

Title: Features of Avalanches Based on Aerial Photograph Interpretation in Japan
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Kazuya AKIYAMA, Shinji IKEDA
Description: Avalanche geometry including factors, such as horizontal run-out distance (HL) and vertical height of avalanche drop (h), were investigated by interp...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-48.pdf
Keywords: aerial photograph interpretation, surface-layer avalanche, full-depth avalanche, avalanche geometry, avalanche scale and frequency
View additional details about Features of Avalanches Based on Aerial Photograph Interpretation in Japan

Title: Characterizing Major Avalanche Episodes in Space and Time in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries in the Catalan Pyrenees
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pere Oller, Elena Muntán, Carles García-Sellés, Glòria Furdada, Cristina Baeza, Cecilio Angulo
Description: With the aim of better understanding avalanche risk in the Catalan Pyrenees, the present work focuses on the analysis of major (or destructive) avalan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-50.pdf
Keywords: major avalanche, pyrenees, magnitude, frequency, hazard, risk
View additional details about Characterizing Major Avalanche Episodes in Space and Time in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries in the Catalan Pyrenees

Title: Avalanche Risk in a Changing Climate Development of a Landslide and Avalanche Risk Model
Date: 2009
Authors: Heidi Bjordal, Jan Otto Larsen
Description: In Norway, approximately 2000 landslides and avalanches affect the road network every year. Projected climate changes will give a milder and wetter cl...
Object ID: issw-2009-0564-0566.pdf
Keywords: climate change, landslide and avalanche frequency, acceptable risk level
View additional details about Avalanche Risk in a Changing Climate Development of a Landslide and Avalanche Risk Model

Title: Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude: Using Power-Law Exponents to Investigate Snow Avalanche Size Proportions through Time and Space
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Adam Naisbitt, Richard Forster, Karl W. Birkeland, William L. Harrison
Description: Power-laws provide a means for investigating snow avalanche frequency-magnitude relationships and their contributing factors. This research uses power...
Object ID: P__8119.pdf
Keywords: power-law exponent, snow avalanche size proportions, frequency and magnitude
View additional details about Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude: Using Power-Law Exponents to Investigate Snow Avalanche Size Proportions through Time and Space

Title: On the Effects of Receiver Bandwidth on the Performance of Avalanche Beacons
Date: 2006
Authors: Felix Meier, Andreas Ehrensperger
Description: Contrary to transmitter frequency tolerance, the receiver bandwidth is not standardized for avalanche beacons. Some transmitters even transmit outside...
Object ID: issw-2006-562-565.pdf
Keywords: avalanche beacons, receiver bandwidth, frequency tolerance, standards
View additional details about On the Effects of Receiver Bandwidth on the Performance of Avalanche Beacons

Title: Obsolescence and Analog Avalanche Transceivers: Ensuring Downward Compatibility
Date: 2004
Authors: Bruce Edgerly, John Hereford
Description: Between the new international standards adopted in 2001 and the aging of the world's fleet of analog avalanche transceivers, the time is approaching w...
Object ID: issw-2004-355-359.pdf
Keywords: avalanche transceivers, frequency drift, receiver bandwidth, downward compatibility
View additional details about Obsolescence and Analog Avalanche Transceivers: Ensuring Downward Compatibility

Title: Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths
Date: 2002
Authors: K.W. Birkeland, C.C. Landry
Description: Our poster summarizes the results of Birkeland and Landry (2002), where we direct the interested reader for more details on this research. Our results...
Object ID: issw-2002-031.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, power laws, size/frequency distributions, scale invariance, self-organized criticality
View additional details about Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths

Title: The Influence of Topographic Parameters on Avalanche Release Dimension and Frequency
Date: 2002
Authors: M. Maggioni, U. Gruber
Description: The avalanche hazard map zones in Switzerland are defined by the frequency and the impact pressure of a potential avalanche event Therefore, it is cru...
Object ID: issw-2002-097-104.pdf
Keywords: release area, topography, release frequency, geographic information systems (gis), statistics, avalanche cadastre
View additional details about The Influence of Topographic Parameters on Avalanche Release Dimension and Frequency