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Title: Passive Avalanche Defense Mounds in the Bull of the Woods Avalanche Path, Wyoming: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Jamie Yount, Brian Gorsage, Rod Newcomb, Lee Elder, Kelly Elder, Galen Richards; Description: On February 16, 2014 a large natural avalanche (HS-N-R5-D5) released in the Bull of the Woods avalanche path at milepost 156.5 on US 191 in the Hoback...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.10.pdf; Keywords: passive mitigation, defense mounds, berms, dendrochronology; View additional details about Passive Avalanche Defense Mounds in the Bull of the Woods Avalanche Path, Wyoming

Title: Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Langlois, A., Royer, A.; Description: Snow cover plays a key role in the climate system by influencing the transfer of energy, gas and mass between the soil and the atmosphere. In particul...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-13.pdf; Keywords: snow, passive microwave, model, snowpack, memls, swe, avalanche; View additional details about Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing

Title: Passive Avalanche Defense for a Domestic Transportation Application: The Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Josh Hewes, Rand Decker, Rick Dustin, Scott Merry, James Montuoro, Perry Wood, Jamie Yount; Description: Despite increasing traffic volumes and all-weather travel demands on the mountain roads of the Western United States, surprisingly few examples of con...; Object ID: P__8146.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, hazard, mitigation, passive, snow bridge; View additional details about Passive Avalanche Defense for a Domestic Transportation Application: The Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming

Title: Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails: Date: 2004; Authors: Jamie Yount, Rand Decker, Robert Rice, Leroy (Ted) Wells; Description: Snow sails are a form of passive avalanche starting zone defense. A deployment of snow sails work to disrupt the formation of continuous, coherent wi...; Object ID: issw-2004-705-710.pdf; Keywords: passive avalanche mitigation, avalanche engineering, transportation; View additional details about Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails