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Title: A Mechanism for Cooling-Related Slab Avalanche Release
Date: 2012
Authors: James A. Floye
Description: Strong anecdotal evidence exists suggesting cooling is an important factor for slab avalanche release. Despite this, a viable mechanism for it has no...
Object ID: issw-2012-252-255.pdf
Keywords: slab release, strain rate, weak layer, near-surface temperature change
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Title: French Recommendations for Artificial Triggering of Avalanches Over Inhabited Sites
Date: 2012
Authors: François Rapin , Richard Lambert
Description: In 2010, the scientific and technical council of the French snow and avalanche association (ANENA), received a mission of focus on the artificial rel...
Object ID: issw-2012-149.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, artificial release, inhabited sites, method
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Title: Relative Influence of Mechanical and Meteorological Factors on Avalanche Release Depth Distributions: An Application to French Alps
Date: 2012
Authors: Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim
Description: The evaluation of avalanche release depth distributions represents a challenging issue for the mapping, zoning and long-term hazard management in moun...
Object ID: issw-2012-644-649.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche release, snowpack stability, avalanche mechanics, deep slab avalanches
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Title: A Rule Based Risk Management System Based on Maps and Danger Level
Date: 2012
Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Jo Gunnar Ellevold
Description: After a tragic accident where 16 soldiers were killed in an avalanche during a military exercise in 1986, the Norwegian Armed Forces took several ste...
Object ID: issw-2012-693-695.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, release zones, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Positioning of Avalanche Protection Measures Using Snow Depth Mapping Via Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Date: 2012
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Christina M. Delaney
Description: In recent years snow depth mapping via terrestrial laser scanning has become increasingly popular as a measurement method used for snow and avalanche ...
Object ID: issw-2012-983-988.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, avalanche protection, release area, slopes
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Title: Potential Dry Slab Avalanche Trigger Zones on Wind-Affected Slopes
Date: 2012
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Experience suggests that shallow, steep zones on slopes are likely spots for artificially triggering slab avalanches. However, a scientific understand...
Object ID: issw-2012-462-466.pdf
Keywords: slope, release zones, weak layer
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Title: Artificial Release and Detection of Avalanches: Managing Avalanche Risk on Traffic Infrastructures, A Case Study from Austria
Date: 2012
Authors: Arnold Kogelnig, Samuel Wyssen, Josef Pichler
Description: The Austrian state road Paznauntal road B188 is located in the avalanche-exposed Paznaun Valley. Several sections of the road have to be closed regula...
Object ID: issw-2012-535-540.pdf
Keywords: avalanche management, radar, artificial release
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Title: Snow Shear Strength Under Different Stress Rates and Avalanche Release
Date: 2010
Authors: Pavel Chernous, Nikolay Barashev, Yuri Fedorenko, Evgeniy Podolsky, Osamu Abe, Kouichi Nishimura
Description: The results of an influence of additional high rate shear and normal stresses on shear strength of snow samples in stressed conditions (subjected cons...
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Keywords: avalanche release, stress rates, shinjo cryospheric environment simulator, khibini mountains
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Title: A New Environment-Friendly Device for Avalanche Preventive Release
Date: 2010
Authors: Dr. Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Bruno Farizy, Anthony Juge, Xavier Gallot-Lavallée,, Ernesto Bassetti
Description: This new concept called O’Bellx® combines the recent improvements from the DaisyBell® project with the advantages of a static gas system....
Object ID: ISSW_O-053.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, gas device, seasonal removability
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Title: Anatomy of a Post Control Release: The Liberty Bowl Event at Big Sky Resort
Date: 2010
Authors: Scott Savage
Description: An impressive early season avalanche cycle occurred during the 2007/2008 winter season at Big Sky Resort in southwestern Montana, culminating in a sig...
Object ID: ISSW_O-065.pdf
Keywords: post control release, deep slab instability, explosives, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Taking Artificial Release to Norway (Again)
Date: 2010
Authors: Njål Farestveit, Sara Skutlaberg
Description: Norway is troubled with many roads in bad condition. When these roads were constructed they represented a new and modern time. The roads gave people l...
Object ID: ISSW_O-067.pdf
Keywords: road administration, pilot project, wyssen avalanche tower, artificial release
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Title: Avalanche Control: Inventory and Analysis of Preventive Triggering Methods in the World
Date: 2010
Authors: Bourjaillat Fanny, Dr Berthet-Rambaud Philippe
Description: Artificial avalanches release is based on the use of specials systems or process and appears to be one of the main solution to cope with avalanches r...
Object ID: ISSW_P-101.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, efficiency, regulations
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Title: Observations and Analysis of Two Wet-Snow Avalanche Cycles
Date: 2009
Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Rebecca Mott, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Wet-snow avalanches threaten mountain communities and communication lines. Their formation as well as the snowpack processes leading to wet-snow insta...
Object ID: issw-2009-0262-0266.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, wet snow, liquid water content, avalanche release
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Title: Where to Dig? – On Optimizing Sampling Strategy
Date: 2009
Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Sascha Bellaire
Description: Snow slope stability evaluation is often based on a single test location within a slope. However, we know that snow cover properties and stability may...
Object ID: issw-2009-0298-0300.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche release, snow stability evaluation, snow stability test
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Title: Comparison of Shock Waves Provoked by Various Artificial Avalanche Release Techniques, and of their Effects on the Snowpack
Date: 2009
Authors: Dr. P. Berthet-Rambaud
Description: the development of new systems should open new methods and improve efficiency of avalanche artificial releases. Current explosions are calibrated more...
Object ID: issw-2009-0328-0329.pdf
Keywords: artificial release, gas explosion, aerial overpressure
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