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- Title: Near-Surface Faceting on South Aspects in Southwest Montana
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: D. McCabe, H. Munter, D. Catherine, I. Henninger, M. Cooperstein, T. Leonard, E.E. Adams, A.E. Slaughter, P.J. Staron
- Description: In the winter seasons of 2006/2007 and 2007/2008, Montana State University researchers set up weather stations on north and south aspects to gather de...
- Object ID: P__8110.pdf
- Keywords: near-surface facets, radiation recrystallization, temperature gradients, southerly aspects, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Modeling Short Wave Radiation Penetration into the Snowpack: What Can We Learn From Near-Surface Snow Temperatures?
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Charles Fierz, Laura A. Bakermans, J. Bruce Jamieson, Michael Lehning
- Description: Short wave radiation penetrates the top portion of the snowpack and is responsible for both subsurface heating and fast changing temperature gradients...
- Object ID: P__8223.pdf
- Keywords: snow-cover modeling, short wave radiation, near-surface snow temperature
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- Title: A Solar Warming Model (Swarm) to Estimate Diurnal Changes in Near-Surface Snowpack Temperatures for Back-Country Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 2008-09-25
- Authors: Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Diurnal temperature fluctuations occur in near-surface snowpack layers as a result of the energy balance at the snow surface. While there is some unde...
- Object ID: P__8092.pdf
- Keywords: solar radiation, short wave radiation, near-surface warming, surface energy balance, snowpack temperatures, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Gmon, A New Sensor for Snow Water Equivalent Via Gamma Monitoring
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Yves Choquette, P. Lavigne, Michel Nadeau , P. Ducharme, J.P. Martin, A. Houdayer, James Rogoza
- Description: GMON is a Gamma MONitor that measures the absorption of the natural gamma radiation through the snow cover and reports the snow water equivalent (SWE)...
- Object ID: P__8132.pdf
- Keywords: snow water equivalent, sensor, natural ground gamma radiation
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- Title: A Distributed In Situ Measurement System for Snow Water Equivalence
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Christian Skalka, Jeff Frolik, Beverley Wemple
- Description: We describe a ground-based system that provides quasi real-time measurement and collection of snow-water equivalent (SWE) data in remote settings. The...
- Object ID: P__8178.pdf
- Keywords: radiation, insitu, snow water, terrain
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- Title: Spatial Variability -- So What?
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Jürg Schwizer, Kalle Kronholm, J. Bruce Jamieson, Karl W. Birkeland
- Description: Since the landmark papers of Conway and Abrahamson many studies have tried quantify spatial variability. Many different methods have been used and the...
- Object ID: issw-2006-365-376.pdf
- Keywords: radiation, wind, forecasting, snow stability
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- Title: Snow Cornice Development and Failure Monitoring
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Robert A. Burrows, David M. McClung
- Description: Snow cornices are significant winter alpine and snow avalanche hazards. A cornice is a leeward growing mass of snow overhanging from a ridge or sharp ...
- Object ID: issw-2006-129.pdf
- Keywords: cornice failure, monitoring, slab fractures, solar radiation
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- Title: Measuring Near-Surface Snow Temperature Changes Over Terrain
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The energy balance at the snow surface results in substantial diurnal temperature
fluctuations within the top portion of the snowpack. These temperat...
- Object ID: issw-2006-377-386.pdf
- Keywords: daytime warming, near-surface temperature change, snow surface energy balance, radiation, seasonal snowcover
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- Title: Slope Scale Modeling of Snow Surface Temperature in Topographically Complex Terrain
- Date: 2006
- Authors: J.M. Staples, E.E. Adams, A. E. Slaughter, L.R. McKittrick
- Description: In mountainous terrain, landscape strongly influences the thermal state of snow. An energy balance model, Radtherm/RT, can be used to account for topo...
- Object ID: issw-2006-806-814.pdf
- Keywords: snow surface, temperature, topography, energy balance, modeling, radiation
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- Title: Field Measurement of Snow Creep in a Radiation Snow Climate, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Nicholas G. Caselli
- Description: Real-time creep data may one day be incorporated into avalanche forecasting
practices. Although numerous methods of creep data collection have contri...
- Object ID: issw-2004-012-021.pdf
- Keywords: snow creep, avalanches, creep measurement, radiation snow climate, melt-freeze crusts
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- Title: Experimental Study of Radiation-Recrystallized Near-Surface Facets in Snow
- Date: 2004
- Authors: B.W. Morstad, E.E. Adams, L.R. McKittrick
- Description: An experimental study on the formation of radiation recrystallized near-surface facets in snow was performed in an environmental chamber. This form of...
- Object ID: issw-2004-124-132.pdf
- Keywords: near-surface faceting, kinetic growth, metamorphism, radiation balance
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- Title: The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Slab Hardness
- Date: 2000
- Authors: Mark Kozak, Kelly Elder, Karl Birkeland
- Description: A slab avalanche occurs when a weak layer or interface below the slab fractures,
causing the slab to release. A large percentage of accidents associa...
- Object ID: issw-2000-115-120.pdf
- Keywords: hardness, new snow-layer, incoming shortwave radiation, maximum daily temperature
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- Title: The Friction of Snow Skis
- Date: 1992
- Authors: S.C. Colbeck
- Description: Snow friction results from a mixture of processes. Usually the snow and ski surfaces are partially separated by melt water but, when too much water is...
- Object ID: issw-1992-018-027.pdf
- Keywords: friction, temperature, solar radiation
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- Title: Applications of Classification Tree Methodology to Avalanche Data Management and Forecasting
- Date: 1992
- Authors: Robert E. Davis, Kelly Elder, Eddy Bouzaglou
- Description: A common problem for avalanche-prone areas subject to forecasting and control responsibility is the identification of a set of critical meteorological...
- Object ID: issw-1992-126-133.pdf
- Keywords: terrain, wind, temperature, solar radiation
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- Title: Effects of Forests Near Timberline on Avalanche Formation
- Date: 1990
- Authors: H. Gubler, J. Rychetnik
- Description: In high alpine forests, extreme dry slab avalanches with fracture heights between 0.8 and 1.5m, corresponding to slope angles from 35 to 45- in the st...
- Object ID: issw-1990-073-092.pdf
- Keywords: forests, dry slab avalanches, stress field, snow distribution, radiation balance, weak layers
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