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Title: RAIN-ON-SNOW (ROS) EVENTS IN THE ITALIAN ALPS AND INCREASED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Valt M., Bee C., Monti F.
Description: On the southern side of the European Alps (Italian Alps), an increase in the number of rain-on-snow (ROS) events has been observed, including during t...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.54.pdf
Keywords: ros, snow, alps, snowfall, wet avalanches
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Title: WHY SWE MATTERS: WHEN HIGH SNOW DENSITY HIDES HIGH HAZARD
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sara Bogert
Description: Mammoth Mountain in the Sierra Nevada Range, California, USA, is characterized by extreme wind speeds and intense snowfall events that produce high-de...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.47.pdf
Keywords: 24-hour swe, heavy snowfall, extreme snow loading, snowfall records
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Title: BENDING STRESS MODEL FOR SNOW-BURIED TREES: HYSTERSIS EFFECTS OF CROWN SNOW AND ACCUMULATED SNOW LOADING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Daiki Yokoyama, Takafumi Katsushima, Kenichi Yoshimura
Description: Climate change is projected to increase wet snowfall in regions that continue to receive snow under rising temperatures. Wet snow has a higher water c...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.20.pdf
Keywords: biomechanics; trunk deformation; large deformation theory; simulation; wet snowfall
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Title: AUTOMATED DRY SNOWFALL LEVEL CALCULATION FOR IMPROVED ASSESSMENT OF MELT-FREEZE CRUSTS AND ASSOCIATED FACETED WEAK LAYERS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Marie Hofmann, Jil Lehnert, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Faceted weak layers relevant for avalanche triggering often develop around melt-freeze crusts. These can - besides a formation through shortwave radi...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.7.pdf
Keywords: melt-freeze crust, snowfall level, avalanche forecasting, automated weather stations
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Title: REMOTE GAME CAMERAS AS A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR MONITORING STORM TOTALS IN DATA-SPARSE AREAS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Zachary M. Guy, Evan Ross
Description: Ground truthing snowfall amounts during a storm is essential for weather forecast validation and predicting avalanche activity. Because of the prohibi...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.36.pdf
Keywords: snowfall monitoring, remote instrumentation, game cameras
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Title: Extreme snowfalls in Russia
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Daria Fedotova
Description: There are few homogeneous snowfall data records to draw a conclusion about their changes. This happens because of difficulties in studying snowfall da...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.13.pdf
Keywords: extreme snowfalls, snowpack in russia, snowfall.
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Title: The characteristics of weak layers of slab avalanches occurred in Hokkaido in the decade from 2007 to 2017
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Toshihiro Ozeki, Hayato Arakawa, Akihiro Hachikubo, Yusuke Harada, Go Iwahana, Yuji Kodama, Kazuki Nakamura, Daiki Sakakibara, Ken-ichi Sakakibara, Takanobu Sawagaki, Kou Shimoyama, Shin Sugiyama, Katsumi Yamanoi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Eizi Akitaya, Akihiro Tachimoto
Description: The Hokkaido branch of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice (JSSI) has organized its Snow Damage Research Team since 2007. In cooperation with mountai...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.29.pdf
Keywords: slab avalanche, weak layer, snowfall system, hokkaido
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Title: Characteristics of Snow Avalanche Release in Forests During a Heavy Snowfall Event
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Koji Ishida
Description: The heavy snowfall on February 14–15, 2014 caused many snow avalanches in the Kanto-Koshin region, Japan, where a thin snow cover exists during...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forest, air temperature, snowfall intensity, hardness, stability
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Title: Simulation of Blowing Snow Weather Condition by WRF Model in Mayitasi, Xinjiang
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Lei Bai, Lanhi Li
Description: Snowcover play an import role in earth's ecosystem. In Apline and terrain with complex topography, the blowing snow have heavy impact on snow accumula...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.43.pdf
Keywords: partition, snowfall, news, criteria
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Title: Back When it Used to Snow: An Analysis of 65 Years of Snowfall Data in the Pacific Northwest
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Dan Veenhuizen
Description: The Stevens Pass area has a long history of use as a transportation and recreation corridor. A major US highway and railroad run through the region, a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.03.pdf
Keywords: snowfall trends, data analysis, el nino southern oscillation, stevens pass
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Title: Wet Snow Avalanche Activity in the Swiss Alps – Trend Analysis for Mid-Winter Season
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christine Pielmeier, Frank Techel, Christoph Marty, Thomas Stucki
Description: During the winter 2011-2012 the Alps experienced repeated periods with high activity of wet snow and full-depth glide avalanches during mid-winter sea...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-47.pdf
Keywords: wet snow avalanche, full-depth glide avalanche, snowfall limit, avalanche forecasting, climate change
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Title: The MLK Event At Crystal Mountain
Date: 2012
Authors: Christopher C. Morin
Description: The winter of 2010/2011 created a surprisingly widespread weak layer across the northwestern United States. In Washington state it became to be known...
Object ID: issw-2012-240-243.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, crusts, avalanche cycles, helicopter bombing
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Title: Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event
Date: 2010
Authors: Benjamin J. Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Darko K. Koracin, John F. Mejia
Description: On Wednesday November 11, 2009 the National Weather Service called for the passage of a front across southwestern Montana ahead of a weak low pressur...
Object ID: ISSW_O-064.pdf
Keywords: convective snowfall, spatial variability, unbalanced flow
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Title: Early Warnings for Extreme Snowfall in the Swiss Alps
Date: 2009
Authors: Patrick Hächler, Daniel Gerstgrasser
Description: For more than 10 years MeteoSwiss provides warnings in case of heavy snowfall in the Alps. It helps the Swiss Institute for snow and avalanche resear...
Object ID: issw-2009-0353-0355.pdf
Keywords: weather forecast, extreme snowfall, avalanche forecast, safety
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Title: Fracture and Accumulation Conditions of Snowflakes on the Snow Surface
Date: 2006
Authors: Takeshi Sato, Kenji Kosugi, Shigeto Mochizuki, Masaki Nemoto
Description: Snowflakes colliding with the snow surface break under strong wind conditions and their fragments are blown off, which leads to the development of dr...
Object ID: issw-2006-203-210.pdf
Keywords: snowflake, fracture, accumulation, drifting snow, snowfall
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