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- Title: TOWARDS REAL-TIME FRACTIONATION OF MIXED-PHASE PRECIPITATION
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Eric R. Pardyjak, Dhiraj K. Singh, Daniel Webster, Benjamin H. Silberman, Timothy Garrett, Travis Morrison
- Description: Near-surface precipitation can occur as liquid, solid, or mixed-phase hydrometeors. In many winter storms, individual particles are not purely rain or...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.4.pdf
- Keywords: mixed-phase precipitation, deid, avalanche forecasting, rain-on-snow events.
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- Title: MORE ARS WHAT NOW? ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS AND THE CHANGING REALITY OF AVALANCHE FORECASTING
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Matt MacDonald, Wren McElroy
- Description: Historically, avalanche mitigation programs have been focused on snow avalanche forecasting and control. In this paper, we explore the shifting scope ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_O4.1.pdf
- Keywords: atmospheric river, rain-on-snow, landslide, debris flow
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- Title: UNRAVELING UNEXPECTED SNOWMELT CHANNELS: A CASE STUDY IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Veronika Hatvan, Andreas Gobiet, Andreas Riegler, Ingrid Reiweger
- Description: Snowmelt channels on the snow surface are frequently observed and reported phenomena, typically associated with rain-on-snow events. Consequently, the...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.1.pdf
- Keywords: snowmelt channels, rain-on-snow, snowmelt, wet-snow
- View additional details about UNRAVELING UNEXPECTED SNOWMELT CHANNELS: A CASE STUDY IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
- Title: A CLIMATOLOGY OF RAIN-ON-SNOW EVENTS IN SVALBARD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: HANNAH VICKERS, JAKOB GRAHN, EIRIK MALNES, PRISCILLA MOONEY
- Description: Rain-on-snow (ROS) events have become increasingly common in the wintertime across the Arctic as its climate continues to warm at an alarming pace. It...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.7.pdf
- Keywords: svalbard, rain-on-snow, avalanche hazard, climate change
- View additional details about A CLIMATOLOGY OF RAIN-ON-SNOW EVENTS IN SVALBARD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD
- Title: AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: CHANGES IN WET AND DRY SLAB AVALANCHES BASED ON CLIMATE SIMULATIONS OVER SWITZERLAND
- Date: 2023-10-08
- Authors: Bert Kruyt, Nander Wever, Stephanie Mayer, Jesus Temprado Vergara, Christoph Schär
- Description: To investigate the effect of climate change on snowpack stability we present simulations of past and future snow stratigraphy over Switzerland with th...
- Object ID: ISSW2023_O6.04.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, avalanche, lwc, machine learning, rain-on-snow
- View additional details about AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: CHANGES IN WET AND DRY SLAB AVALANCHES BASED ON CLIMATE SIMULATIONS OVER SWITZERLAND
- Title: PERFORMANCE OF THE KITCHENER PATH PROTECTION BERM DURING THE HISTORIC JULY 2022 AVALANCHE CYCLE, SOUTHERN ALPS, NEW ZEALAND
- Date: 2023-10-08
- Authors: Aubrey Miller, Alan Jones, Mike Smallwood, Don Bogie, Pascal Sirguey, Todd Redpath, Perry Bartelt
- Description: An extreme mid-winter rain event generated the largest avalanche cycle seen in decades in the central Southern Alps of Aotearoa New Zealand. The recor...
- Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.34.pdf
- Keywords: diversion berm, hazard mitigation, extreme rain, rain-on-snow, ramms, new zealand
- View additional details about PERFORMANCE OF THE KITCHENER PATH PROTECTION BERM DURING THE HISTORIC JULY 2022 AVALANCHE CYCLE, SOUTHERN ALPS, NEW ZEALAND
- Title: Forecasting for dry and wet avalanches during mixed rain and snow storm
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Scott Savage, Erich Peitzsch, Simon Trautman, Ben VandenBos
- Description: Natural wet slab avalanches release when rain or melt water decreases snowpack strength, and natural dry slab avalanches release when an increased loa...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O11.3.pdf
- Keywords: wet avalanche, rain-on-snow, conceptual model for avalanche hazard
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- Title: Water in Snow Likes to Go with the Flow: Dynamics of Liquid Water in Snow and Its Impact on Stability
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Authors: Hans-Peter Marshall, The Cryosphere Geophysics And Remote Sensing Group
- Description: Rain-on-snow, rapid warming, and snowmelt events can cause significant changes in slope stability. Liquid water causes dry snow to rapidly change, inc...
- Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O2.03.pdf
- Keywords: liquid water content, rain on snow, snowmelt, unsaturated flow, wet snow avalanches
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- Title: The Hawaiian Sucker Punch; Forecasting a Wet Slab Cycle In Southcentral Alaska January 2014
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Authors: John Fitzgerald
- Description: Late January 2014 in Alaska brought intense weather that produced an impressive avalanche cycle in many areas around the state. A plume of moisture o...
- Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.09.pdf
- Keywords: forecasting, wet slabs, rain on snow, alaska, turnagain pass.
- View additional details about The Hawaiian Sucker Punch; Forecasting a Wet Slab Cycle In Southcentral Alaska January 2014
- Title: On the Relationship Between Water Infiltration and Snowpack Structure
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Shinji Ikeda, Yusuke Harada, Yasuhiko Ito, Kazuya Akiyama
- Description: The type of wet-snow avalanche varies with the circumstances of water infiltration caused by snowpack structures consisting of various snow-grain type...
- Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.42.pdf
- Keywords: water infiltration, snowpack structure, inclined snow layer, rain on snow
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- Title: Depth Hoar, Avalanches, and Wet Slabs: A Case Study of the Historic March, 2012 Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle at Bridger Bowl, Montana
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Alex Marienthal, Jordy Hendrikx, Doug Chabot, Pete Maleski, Karl Birkeland
- Description: During this past winter, southwest Montana had many large avalanches and days of high avalanche danger. In the Bridger Mountains the most prominent an...
- Object ID: issw-2012-062-068.pdf
- Keywords: bridger mountains, hoar layer, wet slab avalanche, dry slab avalanche, rain on snow
- View additional details about Depth Hoar, Avalanches, and Wet Slabs: A Case Study of the Historic March, 2012 Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle at Bridger Bowl, Montana
- Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Glide-Snow Avalanche Formation
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Full-depth avalanches (i.e. glide-snow avalanches) often release due to either a failure in the basal layer (e.g. depth hoar) or a failure at the snow...
- Object ID: issw-2012-610-616.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanche, full depth avalanche, avalanche simulation, temperature gradients, rain on snow
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- Title: Potential Changes in the Frequency of Rain-On-Snow Events for U.S. Cascades Ski Areas As A Result of Climate Change: Projections for Mt Bachelor, Oregon in the 21rst Century
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark W. Williams
- Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions may affect the frequency of rain-on-snow events at Mt. Bachelo...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-024.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, rain-on-snow, avalanches, mt bachelor, ski areas, cascades
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- Title: Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA
- Date: 2009
- Authors: John Stimberis, Charles M. Rubin
- Description: Rain-on-snow events trigger immediate and delayed avalanches as liquid water penetrates the snowpack. We present results from an extreme rain-on-snow ...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0301-0305.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanches, rain-on-snow, snow glide
- View additional details about Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA
- Title: Storm Lewis: A Rain-on-Snow Event on the Milford Road, New Zealand
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Transit New Zealand Milford Road Avalanche Program
- Description: We report and discuss observations and measurements during Storm Lewis, a
160mm rain-on-snow event on the Milford Road, New Zealand from 21-23 Octobe...
- Object ID: issw-2004-557-564.pdf
- Keywords: rain-on-snow, avalanches
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