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Title: Collecting Snow Measurements with Ushahidi: Arpa Piemonte Experience During Winter 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: R. Cremonini, A. R. Gaeta, E. Solero, R. Pispico, M. Faletto, M.C, Prola, S. Barbero
Description: Accurate and updated measurements are critical for snow stability conditions assessment and avalanche risk evaluation. Recently, Arpa Piemonte has cus...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-43.pdf
Keywords: snow measurements, smartphone app, geo-referred information
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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: Measurement Campaigns to Investigate Blowing Snow and Snow Drift Conditions at a High Altitude Site
Date: 2012
Authors: G. Guyomarc’h, H. Bellot, Y. Durand, F. Naaim-Bouvet, A. Prokop, V. Vionnet
Description: In order to make progress in avalanche research and to improve avalanche risk forecasting, at least two elements must be taken into account: the inves...
Object ID: issw-2012-961-967.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow modeling, in-situ measurements
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Title: Remote Detection of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland Using Infrasound, Doppler Radars and Geophones
Date: 2010
Authors: Lorenz Meier, Daniel Lussi
Description: Remote detection of snow avalanches is an appealing instrument for monitoring snow avalanche activity during periods of bad visibility. It supports lo...
Object ID: ISSW_O-002.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, infrasound, doppler radar measurements
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Title: An Introduction to Inflow Avalanche Dynamics Measurements Using the Snowball Device
Date: 2010
Authors: J.T. Fischer, L. Rammer
Description: The Snowball is a sphere with a diameter of 160 mm and with the density of flowing snow (about 300 kg/m3), which was developed as an inflow measuremen...
Object ID: ISSW_P-082.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, inflow measurements
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Title: The Effect of Daytime Warming on Snowpack Creep
Date: 2009
Authors: Thomas Exner, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Snowpack warming is, besides loading by precipitation and wind-transport, one of the major triggers contributing to natural avalanche release. Establi...
Object ID: issw-2009-0271-0275.pdf
Keywords: snowpack creep, daytime warming, stability, field measurements, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the Vallée de la Sionne Test Site
Date: 2009
Authors: L. Rammer, H. Schreiber, M. Hiller, F. Dufour, B. Sovilla, P. Gauer, M.A. Kern
Description: Range-gated Doppler radar measurements provide decisive information about the motion of an avalanche along the avalanche track. However, up to now, su...
Object ID: issw-2009-0472-0476.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, radar measurements, spontaneous avalanche
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Title: Investigation on the Effectiveness of the Catch-Fence “Snowcatcher” as Avalanche Protection System
Date: 2009
Authors: Lambert Rammer, Gernot Stelzer, Martin Kern
Description: To date, the only available structures for mitigating avalanches in motion in the track or run-out zones of avalanches have been rigid structures such...
Object ID: issw-2009-0548-0552.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protective structure, snow net system, force measurements
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Title: On Snow Avalanche Flow Regimes: Inferences from Observations and Measurements
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Peter Gauer, Dieter Issler, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen, Frode Sandersen
Description: Mixed dry-snow avalanches are commonly thought to consist of a dense core and a dilute suspension layer, even though observations and measurements fro...
Object ID: P__8041.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, flow regimes, observations, measurements
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Title: Inputs for Blowing Snow Numerical Model: In Situ Measurement Are Still Needed
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Hervé Bellot, François-Xavier Cierco, Mohamed Naaim
Description: The NEMO numerical model of drifting snow, whose general outlines are presented in this paper, is based on a physical model for saltation and turbulen...
Object ID: P__8142.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, field measurements
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Title: On Avalanche Measurements at the Norwegian Full-Scale Test-Site Ryggfonn
Date: 2006
Authors: Peter Gauer, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen
Description: Avalanche measurements and observations that were carried out at the Ryggfonn test site, Norway, on 16 April 2005 are analyzed. The data include pulse...
Object ID: issw-2006-086-091.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, full-scale measurements, velocity, acceleration, impact pressure, shear stress
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Title: Spatial Variability of Some Snow Characteristics on a Slope and Interpretation of Measurements for Snow Stability Assessment
Date: 2006
Authors: Pavel Chernous, Yuri Fedorenko, Nikolay Barashev
Description: Snow thickness, density, shear strength and temperature are analyzed. Spatial distributions of the snow characteristics are considered as random field...
Object ID: issw-2006-339-348.pdf
Keywords: snow characteristics spatial variability, accuracy estimations, measurements' interpretation, simulation
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Title: Noaa’s National Snow Analyses
Date: 2006
Authors: Tom Carroll, Don Cline
Description: NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) provides comprehensive, near real-time, snow observations, snow analyses,...
Object ID: issw-2006-797-805.pdf
Keywords: energy-and-mass-balance snow model, remote sensing, airborne snow measurements, snow hydrology, water supply, snowmelt flooding
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Title: Wind Sensing Techniques and Methods for Wide Geographic Area Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2002
Authors: Cameron G. Rawlinson
Description: The paper reviews past and present methods for wind sensing used in British Columbia with a focus on the avalanche forecasting and control industries....
Object ID: issw-2002-436-442.pdf
Keywords: wind sensing, snow drifting, snow transport, snow loads, field measurements
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Title: Climatology of an Experimental Mountainous Location for Studies on Snowdrift
Date: 2000
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. Merindol, F. Naaim-Bouvet
Description: Over the last 10 years, 2 French laboratories specialized on snow and avalanche research have joined their resources to investigate snowdrift effects...
Object ID: issw-2000-296-301.pdf
Keywords: climatology, snowdrift, experimental measurements
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