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Title: Avalanche Hazard Reduction Using the Avalanche Guard: A Cache and Mortar Technology
Date: 2004
Authors: Robert Rice Jr., Steve Putnam, Ralph Patterson, Rand Decker, Jamie Yount, Oswald Garber, David Sly, Galen Richards, Ted Wells
Description: The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) in Jackson, Wyoming installed and successfully operated the Avalanche Guard, an automated, remotely o...
Object ID: issw-2004-688-695.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, avalanche hazard reduction, artificial avalanche release, transportation
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Title: Artificial Release of Avalanches Using the Remote Controlled Wyssen Avalanche Tower
Date: 2002
Authors: Hansueli Gubler, Samuel Wyssen
Description: A new remote controlled system to release avalanches with oversnow detonations using appropriate explosives is presented. The system consists of a sim...
Object ID: issw-2002-040-045.pdf
Keywords: artificial avalanche release, explosives, remote control
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Title: High Frequency Avalanches: Release Area Characteristics and Run Out Distances
Date: 2002
Authors: Urs Gruber Schmid, Stefanie Sardemann
Description: The motivation of this study was a hypothesis of permafrost researchers, that the occurrence of permafrost is more likely in areas that are usually co...
Object ID: issw-2002-084-089.pdf
Keywords: release area characterization, frequent avalanches, numerical modeling, permafrost
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Title: The Influence of Topographic Parameters on Avalanche Release Dimension and Frequency
Date: 2002
Authors: M. Maggioni, U. Gruber
Description: The avalanche hazard map zones in Switzerland are defined by the frequency and the impact pressure of a potential avalanche event Therefore, it is cru...
Object ID: issw-2002-097-104.pdf
Keywords: release area, topography, release frequency, geographic information systems (gis), statistics, avalanche cadastre
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Title: Characterization of a Deep Slab Instability
Date: 2002
Authors: Ethan Greene, Greg Johnson
Description: In early January 2002, a warm and moist storm formed an ice crust on the snow surface throughout the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. Faceted snow ...
Object ID: issw-2002-491-498.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, avalanche accidents, avalanche release, snow stability, forecasting, skier triggering
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Title: Formation Zone Avalanche Control Scheme at D-10 Avalanche Site on National Highway, Jammu-Srinagar (India): A Case Study
Date: 2002
Authors: Vinay Chaudhary, Praveen Mathur, Gurpreet Singh
Description: The Pir Panjal range in the Indian Himalaya in Jammu and Kashmir state lies in the lower Himalayan region between latitude 33°10' and 34°40'N. T...
Object ID: issw-2002-569-576.pdf
Keywords: avalanche defence, snow drifting, snow fence, snow load on structures, controlled release of avalanches
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Title: Measurements of Human-Triggered Avalanches from the Swiss Alps
Date: 2000
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Martina Lutschg
Description: Ten years of avalanche incidents data from the Swiss Alps have been analyzed in order to find characteristics of human triggered avalanches. We were p...
Object ID: issw-2000-200-207.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, avalanche accidents, avalanche release, snow stability, avalan forecasting, skier triggering
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Title: Field Data and Theory for Human Triggered Whumpfs and Remote Avalanches
Date: 2000
Authors: Ben Johnson, Bruce Jamiesona, Colin Johnston
Description: Remotely triggered avalanches and whumpfs (sometimes called "settlements") are common occurrences in many mountains ranges, but have received little r...
Object ID: issw-2000-208-214.pdf
Keywords: avalanche release, persistent weak layers, fracture propagation
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Title: The Influence of Seismic Effect on Avalanche Release
Date: 2000
Authors: Evgueni Mokrov, Pavel Chernouss, Yuri Fedorenko, Eystein Husebye
Description: The mines in the Khibiny Mountains produce many chemical explosions, which occasionally are tied to explosive charges exceeding 100 tons. Such explosi...
Object ID: issw-2000-338-341.pdf
Keywords: avalanche release, seismic effect, chemical explosions, seismic station
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Title: Contribution on the Role of Deficit Zones or Imperfections in Dry Snow Slab Avalanche Release
Date: 1998
Authors: Jurg Schweizer
Description: Dry snow slab avalanche formation starts with failure in the weak layer underlying the slab. The stress has to locally exceed the strength that strong...
Object ID: issw-1998-489-501.pdf
Keywords: snow mechanics, avalanche mechanics, avalanche release
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Title: Remote Avalanche Warning-, Alarm-and Control Systems, Fundamentals, Applications and Experience
Date: 1996
Authors: Hansueli Gubler
Description: Today, temporary measures to improve avalanche safety often depend on remote measurements by automatic stations. The snow profile radar allows for dir...
Object ID: issw-1996-165-172.pdf
Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, risk
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Title: Glide Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 1996
Authors: A. Wilson, G. Statham, R. Bilak, B. Allen
Description: The forecasting of glide avalanches is particularly important when human life or structures are threatened. The best way to reduce the impact of such ...
Object ID: issw-1996-200-202.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow gliding, avalanche release, snow pack
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Title: The Ryggfonn Avalanche Dynamics Project
Date: 1996
Authors: Krister Kristensen, Jan Otto Larsen
Description: A full scale avalanche dynamics experiment has been carried out for several years by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. The experiment site is the ...
Object ID: issw-1996-231-232.pdf
Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, path
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Title: An Avalanche Forecasting Program Based on a Modified Nearest Neighbour Method
Date: 1994
Authors: Krister Kristensen, Christer Larsson
Description: As a part of an avalanche forecasting system, a modified nearest neighbor program is described. The system is intended to be used with forecast value...
Object ID: issw-1994-022-030.pdf
Keywords: avalanche release, forecasts, precipitation, wind
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Title: Model for Avalanches in Three Spatial Dimensions: Comparison of Theory to Experiments
Date: 1994
Authors: R.M. Lang, Brian R. Leo
Description: Increases in land use and development in mountainous areas, anticipated warming of the earth's atmosphere, and the deforestation in alpine regions fro...
Object ID: issw-1994-362-384.pdf
Keywords: avalanche path, avalanche release, avalanche runout
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