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Title: AVALANCHE FORECASTING ON THE VERGE: EPHEMERAL SNOWPACKS, CLIMATIC SHIFTS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF ARIZONA'S WINTERS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: W. Tanner Porter, Paul Dawson, Mathieu Brown, Troy Marino, Len Necefer, David Lovejoy; Description: Arizona seems an improbable ski locale given North America's mountainous geography, yet its high-elevation sky islands support multiple winter backcou...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.49.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, climate change, risk communication, machine learning, snow-pack variability; View additional details about AVALANCHE FORECASTING ON THE VERGE: EPHEMERAL SNOWPACKS, CLIMATIC SHIFTS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF ARIZONA'S WINTERS

Title: IS ARCTIC SNOW DIFFERENT FROM ALPINE SNOW? FOLLOWING UP ON THE DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO AVALANCHE FORECASTING: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Alexander Prokop, Bernhard Hynek, Eric Bernard, Jean-Michel Friedt, Florian Tolle; Description: A discussion at recent ISSWs elaborated on the question if Arctic snow is different from Alpine snow and in what way. Rather than using a physical sn...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.57.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, arctic snow pack, process analysis; View additional details about IS ARCTIC SNOW DIFFERENT FROM ALPINE SNOW? FOLLOWING UP ON THE DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO AVALANCHE FORECASTING

Title: GAINING STANDARDIZED INSIGHTS INTO SNOWPACK WITH A SNOW MICROSCOPE: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Albert Loichinger, Jonas Romer; Description: The assessment of snow pack is crucial for avalanche research. A central aspect of this research involves the manual creation and analysis of snow pr...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P8.17.pdf; Keywords: snow pack, snow profile, image, standardized method, avalanche research; View additional details about GAINING STANDARDIZED INSIGHTS INTO SNOWPACK WITH A SNOW MICROSCOPE

Title: Life in ice and snow: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Klemens Weisleitner, Birgit Sattler, Arwyn Edwards, Sabrina Obwegeser, Daniel Gattinger, Roland Psenner; Description: Snow and ice surfaces were long considered as sterile environments and hence neglected as a research topic in a biological context. Today, the presenc...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O06.4.pdf; Keywords: glacial ice, snow pack, cryoconite holes, cryobiosphere, microbes, bioalbedo, laser-induced fluorescence emission.; View additional details about Life in ice and snow

Title: Measurement of specific surface area of falling snow: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Masaaki Ishizaka, Hiroki Motoyoshi, Sento Nakai, Vionnet Vincent, Teruo Aoki, Katsuya Yamashita, Akihiro Hashimoto, Akihiro Hachikubo; Description: Snow and ice surfaces were long considered as sterile environments and hence neglected as a research topic in a biological context. Today, the presenc...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O06.5.pdf; Keywords: glacial ice, snow pack, cryoconite holes, cryobiosphere, microbes, bioalbedo, laser-induced fluorescence emission.; View additional details about Measurement of specific surface area of falling snow

Title: Slope scale avalanche forecasting in the arctic (Svalbard): Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Alexander Prokop, Holt Hancock, Martin Praz, Elisabeth Jahn; Description: On December 19th 2015 an avalanche struck the arctic town of Longyearbyen; 2 people were killed and 12 houses destroyed. Since this first avalanche ha...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O11.2.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow pack, arctic, snow pack properties; View additional details about Slope scale avalanche forecasting in the arctic (Svalbard)

Title: Analysis of Detected Avalanches by Using Meteorological Data of Nearby Monitoring Stations in Ischgl Austria: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Lisa JÃ¶bstl, Arnold Studeregger, Arnulf Wurzer, Daniel Stock, Richard Koschuh; Description: A set of detected avalanches from January to April 2012 on a hillside southeast of Ischgl, Austria is given. The avalanches are off-the-cut or caused ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-17.pdf; Keywords: detected avalanches, meteorological weather stations, avalanche danger, snow pack; View additional details about Analysis of Detected Avalanches by Using Meteorological Data of Nearby Monitoring Stations in Ischgl Austria

Title: Simulations of Blowing Snow Over Antarctica: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Hubert GallÃ©e, Alexandre Trouvilliez, Charles Amory, CÃ©cile Agosta, Christophe Genthon, Xavier Fettweis, Vincent Favier, Florence Naaim-Bouvet; Description: The regional climate model MAR has been used to simulate transport of snow by the wind in AdÃ©lie Land, Antarctica, over a small domain (500 x 500 k...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-64.pdf; Keywords: climate modeling, antarctica, snow transport by the wind, snow pack; View additional details about Simulations of Blowing Snow Over Antarctica

Title: The Influence of Near-Surface Warming on Slab Stiffness and Crack Propagation Propensity: Date: 2012; Authors: Benjamin Reuter, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Near-surface warming by either an increase in air temperature or radiation is believed to have a significant effect on dry-snow slab avalanche formati...; Object ID: issw-2012-028-031.pdf; Keywords: near-surface warming, propagation propensity, snow pack, slabs,; View additional details about The Influence of Near-Surface Warming on Slab Stiffness and Crack Propagation Propensity

Title: Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction: Date: 2012; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Melt water is the major driver of wet-snow instability. Its percolation and interaction with snow is complex, poorly understood and hence not well dep...; Object ID: issw-2012-077-083.pdf; Keywords: snow pack, wet snow avalanches, avalanche danger scale,; View additional details about Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction

Title: What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds: Date: 2012; Authors: Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Katuhiro Maki, Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano; Description: In this paper, acoustic characteristic of sound insulation of two different snow packs: (1) a natural snow pack; and (2) a compressed snow by stomping...; Object ID: issw-2012-1011-1016.pdf; Keywords: acoustics, snow pack, ski poles, snow burial; View additional details about What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds

Title: The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow: Date: 2012; Authors: Robyn E. Wooldridge, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel A. Miller, Karl W. Birkeland; Description: Explosives are a critically important component of avalanche control programs. They are used both to initiate avalanches and to test snowpack instabil...; Object ID: issw-2012-1033-1039.pdf; Keywords: explosives, snow pack, avalanche risk,; View additional details about The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow

Title: Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research: Date: 2010; Authors: M. Woerndl, A. Prokop, S. W. Tyler, C. E. Hatch, J. Dozier; Description: Knowledge about snow pack stability at a certain location and at a certain point in time is important for avalanche practitioners and backcountry trav...; Object ID: ISSW_P-007.pdf; Keywords: snow temperature, snow pack, driving forces; View additional details about Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research

Title: Snow Avalanche Research and Forecasting With GIS and Geospatial Sciences: Date: 2010; Authors: Alex Marienthal, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; Description: Geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial sciences have been used effectively in data collection and snow avalanche related research for ove...; Object ID: ISSW_P-073.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geospatial sciences, snow pack, research; View additional details about Snow Avalanche Research and Forecasting With GIS and Geospatial Sciences

Title: A Study of Snow Climates in the Japan Alps: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Ryuzo Wakabayashi; Description: The Japan Alps on Japan's main island of Honshu consist of 3 mountainous areas broken into the North, Central and South Alps that are located between ...; Object ID: P__8206.pdf; Keywords: snow climate, japan alps, snow-pack structure, snow grain type, weak layer; View additional details about A Study of Snow Climates in the Japan Alps

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