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- Title: Calculation of Dense Snow Avalanches in Three-Dimensional Terrain with the Numerical Simulation Program Ramms
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Marc Christen, Perry Bartelt, Julia Kowalski, Lukus Stoffel
- Description: Numerical models have become an essential part of snow avalanche engineering. Recent advances in understanding the rheology of flowing snow and the me...
- Object ID: P__8140.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, modeling, numerical simulation, hazard mapping
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- Title: Application and Limitations of Dynamic Models for Snow Avalanche Hazard Mapping
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Stefan Margreth, Alan Jones
- Description: Dynamic models, initially based on fluid flow, have been used since the 1950s for modelling the motion and runout of extreme snow avalanches. The fric...
- Object ID: P__8052.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, runout, dynamic model, uncertainty, friction coefficients
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- Title: Snow Avalanche Pressure on Obstacles
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: M. Naaim, T. Faug, E. Thibert, N. Eckert, G. Chambon, F. Naaim, H. Bellot
- Description: Impact forces by snow avalanches on obstacles need to be taken into account to design hazard maps of avalanche prone areas. An important question is h...
- Object ID: P__8141.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanche, pressure, mapping
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment in Iceland
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Harpa GrÃmsdóttir
- Description: A number of avalanche accidents have occurred in Icelandic towns since urbanization started in the late 19th century. In the year 1995, 34 people were...
- Object ID: P__8224.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard mapping, individual risk, iceland, risk assessment, acceptable risk
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- Title: High Arctic Avalanche Monitoring in Maritime Svalbard
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Ullrich Neumann, Hanne H. Christiansen
- Description: The arctic, high relief Svalbard landscape, largely without vegetation and with a continuous snow cover for large parts of the year, is very exposed t...
- Object ID: P__8122.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche monitoring and mapping, meteorological observations, high arctic avalanche climate, snowpit study
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- Title: Dynamic Modeling of Speed Profiles of Extreme Dry Snow Avalanches
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Christopher P. Borstad, David M. McClung
- Description: We present an improved method for calculating the speed of extreme dry snow
avalanches for land-use planning applications. This work is a response to...
- Object ID: issw-2006-128.pdf
- Keywords: dynamics, extreme events, land use planning, hazard mapping, avalanche speed
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- Title: The Avalanche Data in the Catalan Pyrenees, 20 Years of Avalanche Mapping
- Date: 2006
- Authors: P. Oller, E. Muntán, J. Marturià , C. GarcÃa, A. GarcÃa, P. MartÃnez
- Description: In 1986, an avalanche mapping program began in the Catalan Pyrenees. Twenty years after, in 2006, the Avalanche Paths Map, a collection of 14 sheets a...
- Object ID: issw-2006-305-313.pdf
- Keywords: pyrenees, avalanche mapping, databases, spatial analysis
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping - 30 Years Experience in Austria
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Siegfried Sauermoser
- Description: Natural hazards are increasingly a limiting factor in mountainous countries in connection with the growing population and economical development. Peop...
- Object ID: issw-2006-314-321.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, austrian service in torrent and avalanche control, natural hazard
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- Title: Mapping Snow Depth in the Alps
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Nando Foppa, Norbert Raderschall
- Description: The Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF publishes snow
depth maps of Switzerland. These maps provide valuable input for avala...
- Object ID: issw-2006-322-329.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover, snow cover mapping, interpolation, noaa avhrr, geographic information systems (gis)
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- Title: Mapping and Classification of Potential Avalanche Sites in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Alain Royer, Stephanie Lemieux
- Description: Avalanche sites mapping and classification are tools that have been frequently used for managing avalanche risks. The use of geographic information sy...
- Object ID: issw-2006-411-418.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, avalanche mapping, terrain classification, visualisation, geographic information systems (gis)
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- Title: Dynamic Modelling of Dense Snow Avalanche Runout
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Chris Borstad
- Description: Human experience with snow avalanches has motivated pursuits to determine the
physics underlying the motion of flowing snow. Of particular practical ...
- Object ID: issw-2004-001.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, mapping, runout, flow, starting zone
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- Title: Projects for Past Avalanche Observation and Zoning in France, After 1999 Catastrophic Avalanches
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Laurent Bélanger, Yves Cassayre
- Description: In 1999, several huge avalanches caused catastrophes in the Alps, particularly in Chamonix (France). Following these events, several programs were imp...
- Object ID: issw-2004-416-421.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, observation, survey, investigation, mapping, hazard
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- Title: Recent Evolution of Avalanches Maps in France
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Sébastien Escande
- Description: Since 1971, we use CLPA maps (geomorphic and registration plans of avalanche),
as the main registration maps concerning the major threatened areas, e...
- Object ID: issw-2004-422.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, mapping, risk, prp
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- Title: A Review of Colour and Cartography in Avalanche Danger Visualization
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Steven Conger
- Description: Attention is being given to the visualization of avalanche danger through the use of
geographic information systems (GIS), much of it focusing on the...
- Object ID: issw-2004-477-482.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche danger scale, risk communication, visualization, avalanche mapping
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- Title: Canadian Avalanche Hazard Mapping Project
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Chris Stethem, David McClung, Bruce Jamieson, Peter Schaerer
- Description: The objectives of the Canadian Avalanche Hazard Mapping project were to prepare uniform national guidelines for risk analysis and avalanche mapping, t...
- Object ID: issw-2002-555-560.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, risk, mapping
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