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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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