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Title: Characterizing Snow Stratigraphy: a Comparison of SP2, Snowmicropen, Ramsonde and Hand Hardness Profiles
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Christine Pielmeier, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: Information on the structure of the snow cover is of great importance for operational avalanche forecasting. Manually observed snow profiles including...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.16.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, stratigraphy, snow penetrometer, snowmicropen, sp2, ramsonde, hand hardness index, snow density
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Title: 3s Sonic Snow Sensor - A Prototype Acoustic Snow Penetrometer
Date: 2010
Authors: Michael Schober, Achim Heilig, Martin Schneebeli, Nora Staack
Description: High-resolution snow penetrometry has resulted in an improved understanding of the mechanical and stratigraphic properties in a snowpack. However, the...
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Keywords: snow penetrometer, mechanical properties, stratigraphic properties, avalanche warning
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Title: Predicting the Fracture Character of Potential Weak Layers in Penetrometer Signals
Date: 2008-09-23
Authors: James Floyer, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Digital penetrometers have been shown to provide reliable assessments of snow hardness with depth; however, extracting useful information from the sig...
Object ID: P__8222.pdf
Keywords: snow penetrometer, fracture character, snowpack stratigraphy, avalanche forecasting, snowpack properties, snow hardness
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