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Title: Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Francis Meloche, Ron Simenhois, Don Sharaf, Ethan Greene, Johan Gaume; Description: Avalanche defense structures in starting zones are effective, but they are also expensive and visually intrusive; as a result, many highway programs i...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.51.pdf; Keywords: crack arrest, avalanche mitigation structures, release size, numerical modelling, depth-averaged material-point-method.; View additional details about Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity

Title: WHEN AVALANCHES GET WETTER: ARE OUR BUILDING CODES FIT FOR THE FUTURE?: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Michael L. Kyburz, Stefan Margreth, Betty Sovilla, Johan Gaume; Description: Avalanche impact pressures on structures remain challenging to predict because avalanche–structure interactions depend strongly on flow regime, snow...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.55.pdf; Keywords: wet avalanche impact loads, guidelines on structural actions, 3d numerical modelling, material point method, climate change; View additional details about WHEN AVALANCHES GET WETTER: ARE OUR BUILDING CODES FIT FOR THE FUTURE?

Title: A GIS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PRIORITIZATION OF AVALANCHE CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE ORDINO ARCALÍS SKI AREA, ANDORRA: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Joan Viladomat, Carles García-Sellés; Description: Prioritizing avalanche control operations in ski areas requires the integration of terrain susceptibility, snowpack evolution, operational exposure, a...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.59.pdf; Keywords: avalanche control, gis, numerical modelling, snowpack stability, decision rules, ordino arcalís; View additional details about A GIS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PRIORITIZATION OF AVALANCHE CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE ORDINO ARCALÍS SKI AREA, ANDORRA

Title: INFLUENCE OF DTM/DEM RESOLUTION AND DOMAIN DISCRETIZATION ON THE SNOW AVALANCHE DYNAMICS MODELLING: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Marcos Sanz-Ramos, Pere Oller, Ernest Bladé; Description: Numerical modelling of snow avalanche dynamics requires necessarily the utilisation of terrain topography to update the elevation of the calculation m...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.5.pdf; Keywords: dtm/dem, numerical modelling, iber, smoothing, fill sinks; View additional details about INFLUENCE OF DTM/DEM RESOLUTION AND DOMAIN DISCRETIZATION ON THE SNOW AVALANCHE DYNAMICS MODELLING

Title: WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF DYNAMICAL MODEL USE IN AVALANCHE CONSULTANCY TODAY?: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Callum Tregaskis, Peter Gauer; Description: Understanding the limitations of dynamical modelling approaches is essential to providing accurate and useful information to clients. In avalanche co...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.10.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche dynamics, numerical modelling, depth-averaged modelling; View additional details about WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF DYNAMICAL MODEL USE IN AVALANCHE CONSULTANCY TODAY?

Title: A DEPTH-AVERAGED µ(I) MODEL FOR DENSE SNOW AVALANCHES: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Callum Tregaskis, Peter Gauer, Dieter Issler; Description: Observations from large-scale avalanche test sites indicate velocity measurements are not always adequately captured by widely used rheological model...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.65.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche dynamics, numerical modelling, depth-averaged modelling; View additional details about A DEPTH-AVERAGED µ(I) MODEL FOR DENSE SNOW AVALANCHES

Title: Modelling Wet Snow Avalanche Flow with a Temperature Dependent Coulomb Friction Function: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: CÃ©sar Vera and Perry Bartelt; Description: We present a model to describe the motion of wet snow avalanches. This model is used to simulate a well-documented wet snow avalanche event in Switzer...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-44.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, avalanche dynamics, ice friction, meltwater lubrication, numerical modelling; View additional details about Modelling Wet Snow Avalanche Flow with a Temperature Dependent Coulomb Friction Function

Title: Regional Stability Evaluation With Modelled Snow Cover Data: Date: 2009; Authors: Michael Schirmer, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Michael Lehning; Description: Stability (or the probability of avalanche occurrence or release) is probably the key factor defining the avalanche danger level. Most snow stability ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0306-0312.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, avalanche danger, snow cover, numerical modelling; View additional details about Regional Stability Evaluation With Modelled Snow Cover Data

Title: The Importance of Snow Entrainment in Avalanche Dynamics Calculations: Date: 2004; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Perry Bartelt, Stefan Margreth; Description: Numerical models that predict flow velocities and runout distances of extreme avalanche events are used to delimit hazard maps. These models contain m...; Object ID: issw-2004-065-073.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, avalanche mass balance, entrainment, deposition, numerical modelling; View additional details about The Importance of Snow Entrainment in Avalanche Dynamics Calculations

Title: Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland: Date: 2002; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Marc Christen, Francois Dufour, Urs Gruber, Martin Kern, Margherita Maggioni, Felix Tiefenbacher, Barbara Turnbull, Perry Bartelt; Description: There are still many unresolved questions in snow avalanche dynamics. This was apparent during the catastrophic avalanche Winter of 1999. In this pape...; Object ID: issw-2002-071-078.pdf; Keywords: flowing avalanches, powder avalanches, chute experiments, optical velocity sensors, capacitance density probes, velocity profiles, radar, mass balance, snow cover entrainment, numerical modelling; View additional details about Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland