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Title: QUANTITATIVE AND FAST SNOWPACK STRATIGRAPHY: THE SNOW LIGHT OPTICAL PROBE (SLOPE): Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Marco Potenza, Claudio Artoni, Valter Maggi; Description: The snowpack is a mixture of ice crystals, liquid water, water vapor, air, and other compounds and particles. To understand the metamorphic processes ...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.9.pdf; Keywords: snowpack, snowpit, optical methods; View additional details about QUANTITATIVE AND FAST SNOWPACK STRATIGRAPHY: THE SNOW LIGHT OPTICAL PROBE (SLOPE)

Title: MINERAL DUST IN THE SEASONAL SNOWPACK: AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON AN ITALIAN ALPINE GLACIER: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Claudio Artoni, Llorenç Cremonesi, Deborah Fiorini, François Yves Burgay, Sarah Pizzini, Elena Barbaro, Clara Turetta, Biagio Di Mauro, Marco A. C. Potenza, Barbara Delmonte; Description: On a global scale, mineral dust accounts for the major contribution to the mass load of airborne particles in the atmosphere. It consists of micron-si...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.02.pdf; Keywords: mineral dust, optical properties, chemical composition, anthropogenic tracers, glaciers, alps; View additional details about MINERAL DUST IN THE SEASONAL SNOWPACK: AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON AN ITALIAN ALPINE GLACIER

Title: DUSTY-LAYERS AND AVALANCHES: NOVEL TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Claudio Artoni, Llorenç Cremonesi, Luca Teruzzi, Claudia Ravasio, Deborah Fiorini, Barbara Delmonte, Valter Maggi, Marco A. C. Potenza; Description: In some alpine locations, a strange landscape may be seen, reddish snow on the ground tints the surroundings, creating an almost Martian environment. ...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.19.pdf; Keywords: dusty-layers, avalanches, weak layers, optical properties, mineral dust; View additional details about DUSTY-LAYERS AND AVALANCHES: NOVEL TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES

Title: Regional scale statistical mapping of snow avalanche likelihood and its combination with an optical remote sensing based avalanche detection approach - first attempts for the province of South Tyrol (Italy): Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Sarah Nolting, Carlo Marin, Stefan Steger, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Claudia Notarnicola, Claudia Notarnicola, Marc Zebisch; Description: Snow avalanches are potentially dangerous phenomena in many mountainous areas worldwide. Most avalanche related research concentrates on a detailed an...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P04.10.pdf; Keywords: avalanche detection, change detection, generalized additive model, optical remote sensing, sentinel-2.; View additional details about Regional scale statistical mapping of snow avalanche likelihood and its combination with an optical remote sensing based avalanche detection approach - first attempts for the province of South Tyrol (Italy)

Title: Data Assimilation of Multilayer Snowpack on ArgentiÃ¨re Glacier, Using X-band SAR Data, DMRT and a Detailed Snowpack Model: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Xuan-Vu Phan, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Michel Gay, Yves Durand, Marie Dumont, Samuel Morin, Guy dâ€™Urso; Description: This study discuss the potential of using remote sensing data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), couple with Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) m...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-14.pdf; Keywords: remote sensing, electromagnetic backscattering model, snow grain optical diameter, snow density, radar (sar), data assimilation; View additional details about Data Assimilation of Multilayer Snowpack on ArgentiÃ¨re Glacier, Using X-band SAR Data, DMRT and a Detailed Snowpack Model

Title: IceCube, A Portable and Reliable Instrument for Snow Specific Surface Area Measurement in the Field: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Nicolas Zuanon; Description: The specific surface area (SSA), defined as the surface area per unit mass, is a key variable to describe the physical properties of snow. It is seen ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-20.pdf; Keywords: specific surface area, reflectance, grain size, optical measurement; View additional details about IceCube, A Portable and Reliable Instrument for Snow Specific Surface Area Measurement in the Field

Title: Shear Deformation of Radiation Recrystallized Near Surface Facets: Date: 2010; Authors: David J. Walters, Edward E. Adams, Patrick J. Staron, Ladean R. McKittrick; Description: A layer of radiation recrystallized near surface facets was produced in a controlled environmental chamber at Montana State University. Environmental...; Object ID: ISSW_O-015.pdf; Keywords: radiation recrystallization, shear, strain, optical, mechanics, snow; View additional details about Shear Deformation of Radiation Recrystallized Near Surface Facets

Title: Snow Characterization by Optical Properties: Date: 2009; Authors: Mathias Gergely, Martin Schneebeli, Kurt Roth; Description: Snow optics offers an opportunity to measure physical properties of a vertical snow profile or a snow surface by unbiased, high-resolution and time-s...; Object ID: issw-2009-0087-0091.pdf; Keywords: optical properties, reflectance, transmittance, grain size, density; View additional details about Snow Characterization by Optical Properties

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