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Title: Back-Calculations of Observed Avalanches Against Natural Deflecting Dams
Date: 2012
Authors: Dieter Issler, Carl B. Harbitz, Ulrik Domaas, Kalle Kronholm, Marc Christen
Description: The objective of this study is to assess the reliability of presently available numerical avalanche models in predicting avalanche flow about deflect...
Object ID: issw-2012-038-045.pdf
Keywords: dynamic model, avalanche hazard, calculations, ramm-sonde,
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Title: Nowcast With a Forescast – Snow Cover Simulations on Slopes
Date: 2012
Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The snow cover model SNOWPACK simulates the snow cover formation and evolution based on meteorological parameters. In the past, these parameters were...
Object ID: issw-2012-172-178.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, snow cover modeling, avalanche warning, numerical weather prediction models, snow cover stratigraphy, model output statistics
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Title: Lautaret Avalanche Test Site: Outcomes from the 11th April 2012 Event
Date: 2012
Authors: Xavier Ravanat, Hervé Bellot, Frederic Ousset, Emmanuel Thibert, Mohamed Naaim
Description: The Lautaret full-scale avalanche test site has been used by Cemagref-Irstea since the early 70’s. The first studies were dedicated to avalanch...
Object ID: issw-2012-622-627.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, experimental test-site, propagation model
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Title: Statistical Avalanche Runout Models: How Well Can Computers Predict Beta?
Date: 2012
Authors: Alexandra Sinickas, Bruce Jamieson
Description: We reviewed the performance of a 23 m and 30 m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Google Earth in predicting beta (β) points for statistical runout...
Object ID: issw-2012-716-722.pdf
Keywords: extreme avalanche runout, statistical model, alpha-beta, runout ratio, repeatability, error
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Title: How to Explain Avalanche Dynamics to Children and Their Parents
Date: 2012
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Thierry Faug, Frédéric Ousset, Xavier Ravanat, Paolo Caccamo
Description: Snow avalanches threaten mountain communities worldwide: avalanches affect not only snow sport tourists but people can also be caught in inhabited are...
Object ID: issw-2012-820-826.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, dynamics, small-scale model, education, general public
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Title: Real Time Snow Slope Stability Modeling of Direct Action Avalanches
Date: 2012
Authors: Scott Havens, H.P. Marshall, Chris Covington, Bill Nicholson, Howard Conway
Description: Improved prediction of the timing of direct action avalanches that occur during storms is needed for highway forecasting operations. A SNOw Slope Stab...
Object ID: issw-2012-866-871.pdf
Keywords: direct action avalanche, avalanche observation, snowpack model, meteorological data
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Title: Field and Analytical Examination of Near-Surface Facets
Date: 2010
Authors: Andrew E. Slaughter, Edward E. Adams
Description: North- and south-facing field research locations were established that included meteorological stations coupled with daily observations and grain-scal...
Object ID: ISSW_O-006.pdf
Keywords: near-surface facets, radiation recrystallization, heat-transfer model, sensitivity analysis, monte carlo simulations
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Title: An Explicit Nonlinear Numerical Model of Explosive Air Blast on Snow and Implications for Avalanche Control
Date: 2010
Authors: D.A. Miller, R.G. Tichota, E.E. Adams
Description: Recent post explosive control avalanches and the lack of analytical methods for evaluating explosive control have motivated this study to better quant...
Object ID: ISSW_O-007.pdf
Keywords: numerical model, avalanche control
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Title: Application of a Numerical Snowpack Model to Estimate Full-Depth Avalanche Danger
Date: 2010
Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Isao Kamiishi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato, Michael Lehning
Description: Many full-depth avalanches occur in temperate, snowy regions such as the northern part of Honshu, Japan. Such avalanches threaten infrastructure and c...
Object ID: ISSW_O-008.pdf
Keywords: snowpack model, water transport, full depth avalanche
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Title: New Insights Into Skier-Triggering of Slab Avalanches
Date: 2010
Authors: Joachim Heierli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois, Peter Gumbsch
Description: Most skiers trigger the slab avalanche in which they are caught. Preventing those accidents necessitates a better understanding of the factors contrib...
Object ID: ISSW_O-040.pdf
Keywords: skier-triggering, slab avalanches, anticrack model, risk
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Title: Critical Review of Challenges and Potentials for Snow Drift Simulation
Date: 2010
Authors: Arnulf Wurzer, Arnold Studeregger, Peter Fischer
Description: A review of current snow drift models is given. Further a turbulent snow drift model based on an Algebraic Slip Model approach is validated. The drivi...
Object ID: ISSW_P-026.pdf
Keywords: optimization, algebraic slip model, aerodynamic entrainment, snow drift, cfd, time dependent boundary conditions
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Title: Interaction Avalanche-Obstacle: A First Attempt of Comparison Between A Real Case Study and Numerical Simulations
Date: 2010
Authors: Eloïse Bovet, Bernardino Chiaia, Luigi Preziosi
Description: The purpose of this work, within the Project “DynAval - Dynamique des avalanches: départ et interactions écoulement/obstacles” - Eu...
Object ID: ISSW_P-080.pdf
Keywords: coefficients, slope, model
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Title: A High Resolution Approach to Defining Spatial Snow Height Distribution in Avalanche Release Zones for Dynamic Avalanche Modeling
Date: 2010
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Christina Delaney
Description: Over the last 80 years, avalanche-dynamics models have increasingly been used for landuse planning and to design protection measures. One of the impor...
Object ID: ISSW_P-103.pdf
Keywords: high resolution, model, mass
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Title: In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack
Date: 2009
Authors: Samuel Morin, Florent Domine, Laurent Arnaud, Ghislain Picard, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Jean-Marie Willemet
Description: We report on a 3-months long time series of in-situ measurements of the thermal conductivity(kT) of snow at 6 fixed heights in an alpine snowpack in t...
Object ID: issw-2009-0077-0081.pdf
Keywords: thermal conductivity, snow, heated-needle probe, crocus snowpack model
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Title: Measuring the water retention curve of snow
Date: 2009
Authors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsuhima, Atsushi Sato, Toshiro Kumakura
Description: The water retention curve (WRC), which shows the relationship between the volumetric water content and matric potential, is a fundamental part of the ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0244-0247.pdf
Keywords: water retention curve, water transportation, van genuchten model
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