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Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICE FRAGMENTS IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION PARTICLES DURING SNOW FALL EVENTS IN DEPENDENCY OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS – A CASE STUDY AT SONNBLICK OBSERVATORY, AUSTRIA
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Veronika Krieger, Anna Heuberger, Julia Burkart, Elke Ludewig
Description: The Sonnblick observatory is the highest observatory in Austria located on the peak of Rauriser Sonnblick at 3’106 m.s.l.. It is operated by Geos...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P8.28.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, crystal growth, holographic image, nakaya diagram, in-cloud particles
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Title: CRYSTAL CARD CHRONICLES PART I
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Steven Conger
Description: Avalanche work is the mother of necessity. Innovation and invention have been hallmarks of the cross-over between the science of snow and the practica...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.03.pdf
Keywords: grain form, snow crystals, field book, snow profile
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Title: Red Snow: killer of the snowpack stability?
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Valt Mauro, Maria Cristina Prola
Description: The presence of dusty sand from the Sahara desert in precipitations over Central- Southern Europe is a frequent phenomenon. These pockets of dust have...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.32.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, snow crystals, chlamydococcus nivalis, stability, red snow
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Title: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Harpa Grimsdottir, Orn Ingolfsson, Magni H. Jonsson, Vidir Arnarson, Halfdan Ingolfsson, Sveinn Brynjolfsson, Gestur Hansson
Description: A small innovation company in Iceland, POLS Engineering, has developed the SM4 automatic snowpack sensor that is currently installed at over 30 locati...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow sensor, automatic warnings, snow crystals, snow depth, facets
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Title: Using a Thermal Imager to Quantify Buried Thermal Structure in Natural Snow
Date: 2012
Authors: Cora Shea, Bruce Jamieson, Karl Birkeland
Description: Avalanche researchers and practitioners have long measured snowpack temperatures in snow pits with thermometers about 10 cm apart. This led to the ass...
Object ID: issw-2012-267-276.pdf
Keywords: temperature gradient, thermal imaging, snow crystals, snow stability tests
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Title: Properties of Weak Layers Composed of Precipitation Particles In and Near Avalanche Starting Zones in Japan
Date: 2012
Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Tomoyuki Noro
Description: To gain further insight into the properties of weak layers composed of precipitation particles(PP weak layer), we analyzed 18 measurement datasets. A...
Object ID: issw-2012-586-590.pdf
Keywords: weak layer, fracture lines, snow crystals, avalanche forecast
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Title: Surface Hoar Morphology and Association With Snow Surface Substrate
Date: 2010
Authors: Eric White, Edward E. Adams
Description: Field observations of surface hoar crystal formation onto the snow surface raised the question of the potential influence which the surface snow grain...
Object ID: ISSW_P-027.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, snowpack, surface hoar, macrophotography
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Title: Controlling Crystal Habit in a Small Scale Snowmaker
Date: 2009
Authors: Josephine Bones, E.E. Adams
Description: The crystal habit, plates or columns, in snow crystals is dependent on atmospheric temperature. The secondary feature of the crystal, plates versus d...
Object ID: issw-2009-0067-0071.pdf
Keywords: controlling crystal habit, growing snow crystals
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Title: Snow Cream: A Review of Best Practices and Call for the Establishment of a Permanent Research Program
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Chris Borstad, Eirik Sharp, Catherine Brown, Mike Smith, Alison Dakin, Tannis Dakin
Description: Snow cream is a dessert similar to ice cream with the distinction that it is made with snow crystals. Snow cream is typically made by combining and mi...
Object ID: P__8250.pdf
Keywords: dessert, thermodynamics, snow crystals
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Title: Methods of Photographing Snow Crystals
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Kelly Elder
Description: Photography has been used to capture images of snow crystals for over a century. Microphotography and macrophotography allow quantification of shape a...
Object ID: P__8063.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, macrophotography, microphotography
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Title: Estimating the Strength of Faceted Snow Layers for an Avalanche Forecasting Model
Date: 2002
Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Bruce Jamiesona
Description: Current multivariate forecasting models make limited use of stability indices partly because the required manual measurements of snowpack properties a...
Object ID: issw-2002-130-137.pdf
Keywords: snow stratigraphy, snow properties, snow strength, avalanche forecasting, slab avalanches, snow crystals
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Title: Strength Changes of Layers of Faceted Snow Crystals in the Columbia and Rocky Mountain Snowpack Climates in Southwestern Canada
Date: 2000
Authors: Greg Johnson, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The strength of layers of faceted crystals is important for forecasting snow stability. During the winters of 1993-2000, in the intermountain snowpack...
Object ID: issw-2000-086-093.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, faceted crystals, snow strength, snow climate, avalanche, avalanche forecasting
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Title: The Temporal Variations of Near-Surface Faceted Crystals, Red Mountain Pass Corridor, Colorado
Date: 1998
Authors: Joe Stock, Kelly Elder, Karl Birkeland
Description: Avalanches are an important natural hazard. Slab avalanches initiate when a more cohesive layer lies over a less cohesive weak layer and the stresses ...
Object ID: issw-1998-265-269.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, snow metamorphism, snow stability, avalanches
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Title: Experience with Stability Evaluation for a Surface Hoar Layer During Winter 1995-96 at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
Date: 1996
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, David Skjonsberg, Bruce McMahon
Description: The avalanche control section at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada, is responsible for the avalanche safety within Glacier National Park. This inv...
Object ID: issw-1996-126-128.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, snow strength, snow cover stability, avalanche forecasting, avalanche control
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Title: Blowing Snowand Avalanches
Date: 1994
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, L. Merindol, T. Castelle, F. Sivardiere, L. Buisson
Description: Blowing snow is one of the most important factors for avalanche forecasting, but the effect of this phenomenon is difficult to quantify and most obser...
Object ID: issw-1994-211-221.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, forecasting, slab, snow crystals
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