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Title: Mapping Starting Zone Snow Depth with a Ground-Based LIDAR to Improve Avalanche Control and Forecasting
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Jeffrey S. Deems, Pete J. Gadomski, Dominic Vellone, Ryan Evanczyk, Adam LeWinter, Karl W. Birkeland, David C. Finnegan
Description: The distribution of snow depth in avalanche starting zones exerts a strong influence on avalanche potential and character. Extreme depth changes over...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O5.01.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, laser remote sensing, avalanche control.
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Title: Avalanche Debris Detection Using Satellite-Borne Radar and Optical Remote Sensing
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Eirik Malnes, Regula Frauenfelder, Ulrik Doomas, Kjetil Brattlien
Description: The mountainous fjord landscape around Tromsø in Northern Norway is prone to high avalanche activity during the snow season. Large avalanches pose ...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O5.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche debris detection, radar remote sensing, radarsat-2
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Title: All-Weather Avalanche Activity Monitoring From Space?
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Yves Bühler, Claudia Bieler, Christine Pielmeier, Andreas Wiesmann, Rafael Caduff, Regula Frauenfelder, Christian Jaedicke, Gabriele Bippus
Description: Information on avalanche activity or non-activity on local and regional scale is of great value for avalanche warning services, traffic authorities a...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.37.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, avalanche forecasting, user requirements, satellite data, terrestrial radar,space-borne sar.
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Title: Comparison of Field and- Synthetic Aperture Radar Retrieval of Snow Water Equivalent at Kapp Linne, Svalbard
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Malnes E., Hindberg H., Eckerstorfer M., Farnsworth W.R.
Description: We have used TerraSAR-X spot-light mode data (1 m spatial resolution) together with in situ sensors and field observations at Kapp Linné’, ...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.40.pdf
Keywords: satellite remote sensing, snow parameters, swe, wet snow
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Title: Diverse challenges: Avalanche Forecasting for the Department of Conservation in Fiordland, New Zealand
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Penelope H. Goddard
Description: The management of avalanche safety in Fiordland National Park poses diverse challenges. In 2013, the Department of Conservation overhauled its program...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.35.pdf
Keywords: risk management, walking tracks, maritime, remote, vast area
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Title: Double Mesures de Hauteurs de Neige: Une Innovation Pour Mieux Gérer le Risque d’Avalanche en Temps Réel sur les Routes de Savoie (France)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gaëlle Bourgeois, Alain Duclos, Stéphane Caffo
Description: Savoy's regional government manages more than 3000km of roads, including approximately 1000km over the elevation of 1000m. More than a hundred sectio...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-05.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, remote weather station, snow height measurement
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Title: Comparing Different MODIS Snow Products With Distributed Simulation of the Snowpack in the French Alps
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Luc Charrois, Marie Dumont, Pascal Sirguey, Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Fatima Karbou
Description: Satellite images of the Earth surface are increasingly used to assist in the spatiotemporal assessment of ground conditions, including the presence of...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-12.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, seasonal snow cover, modelling
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Title: Remote Sensing of Avalanches in Northern Norway Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Eirik Malnes, Markus Eckerstorfer, Yngvar Larsen, Regula Frauenfelder, Árni Jónsson, Christian Jaedicke, Stian A. Solbø
Description: We present results from using synthetic aperture radar data (SAR) to analyse three avalanches in the county of Troms in northern Norway during the lat...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, remote sensing, synthetic aperture radar, uav
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Title: Monitoring Snowfall Events in Lombardia, Italy, by Specialized Observers Network and Advanced Remote Sensing Systems
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: O. Cazzuli, R. Cremonini, R.Grimaldelli, L. Craveri
Description: Real-time monitoring snowfall events in Po valley is often difficult due to fast temperature variations that change snow / rain limits. For this reaso...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-03.pdf
Keywords: instrumentation, monitoring, remote sensing
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Title: The Employment of MODIS Time Series and Soil Temperature to Monitor Snow Cover in the Majella National Park (Italian Central Apennines)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Godone D., Cocco S., Corti B., Freppaz M., Stanisci A.
Description: Italian Apennines are an unique mountain environment in the central Mediterranean basin as their peaks and massifs reach remarkable altitudes like Co...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-11.pdf
Keywords: daily soil temperature amplitude, phenology, remote sensing, snow cover duration
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Title: Data Assimilation of Multilayer Snowpack on Argentière Glacier, Using X-band SAR Data, DMRT and a Detailed Snowpack Model
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Xuan-Vu Phan, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Michel Gay, Yves Durand, Marie Dumont, Samuel Morin, Guy d’Urso
Description: This study discuss the potential of using remote sensing data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), couple with Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-14.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, electromagnetic backscattering model, snow grain optical diameter, snow density, radar (sar), data assimilation
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Title: Field Report on the Implementation of a Remotely Controlled Automated Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Thomas Gigele, Reinhard Fromm, Marc S. Adams
Description: Due to adverse weather and snow conditions, as well as a limited extent of available manpower, avalanche test sites in the Alps are often not accessi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-26.pdf
Keywords: automated terrestrial laser scanner, remote control, avalanche, snowcatcher
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Title: Evidence Supporting the Efficacy of Avalanche Airbags and the Development of the Remote Airbag Activation on Snowmobiles
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Franz KROELL
Description: This paper will look at the efficacy and limitations of the Avalanche Airbag for Backcountry skier, Freerider and Snowmobiler using current statistics...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche airbag, effectiveness, snowmobile, remote activation, wireless activation, rate of burial, rate of survival
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: Modeled Snow Cover in Pyrenees Mountains and Cross-Comparisons Between Remote-Sensed and Land-Based Observation Data
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud, Daniel Goetz, Malou Maris, Valentin Payen
Description: Only few studies have already attempted to assess the distribution and magnitude of seasonal snowpack under the varying climate of the Pyrenees. In us...
Object ID: issw-2012-998-1004.pdf
Keywords: snow depth comparisons, modis remote-sensed data, climatology, scm chain
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