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Title: World Record 24 Hr. Snowfall
Date: 2004
Authors: Doug Richmond, Jerry Hance
Description: On December 26th – 27th, 2003 Bridger Bowl Ski Area located 17 miles north of Bozeman, MT. Received a world record 24 hr. snowfall. This resul...
Object ID: issw-2004-279.pdf
Keywords: routes, records, snowfall, measurments, safety
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Title: A Probabilistic Model to Evaluate Optimal Density of Snow Stations
Date: 2002
Authors: Martin Latemser, Martin Schneebeli
Description: Daily new snow measurements are important for avalanche forecasting and tourism. In Switzerland new snow is measured at many stations, which belong to...
Object ID: issw-2002-301-303.pdf
Keywords: snow station, snow climatology, optimal selection, snowfall intensity, spatial variability
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Title: Application of Multivariate Statistical Techniques for the Characterization of the Surface Circulation Patterns Related to Heavy Snowfalls in Andorra, Pyrenees
Date: 2002
Authors: Pere Esteban, Phillip D. Jones, Javier Martin-Vide, Montse Mases
Description: Heavy precipitation in the form of snow over mountain regions can be a direct cause of avalanches. The characterization of the atmospheric situations ...
Object ID: issw-2002-401-406.pdf
Keywords: heavy snowfall events, principal component analysis and clustering, sea level pressure, circulation patterns, pyrenees, andorra, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Preliminary Tests and Evaluation of a Digital Snow Board
Date: 2000
Authors: Robert E. Davis, Jerry Johnson, Walter Rosenthal
Description: Measurement of snowfall by automatic sensors in alpine and subalpine conditions has proven difficult. Those who require observations of snow loading h...
Object ID: issw-2000-396-401.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, snow accumulation, snow measurements
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Title: Analysis of Process Oriented Avalanche Forecasting Technique Followed at Sase, Manali, India
Date: 1998
Authors: A.Ganju, D.K. Prashar, Naresh Thakur
Description: Avalanche forecasting technique followed at SASE has evolved with experience, knowledge and science. Starting with the simplistic approach of snowfal...
Object ID: issw-1998-419-425.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowfall, modeling
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Title: A Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Method for Mountain Snowfall
Date: 1996
Authors: Jim Woodmencey
Description: In the winter months, December through March, 1995-96 a methodtllogy was adapted and used for forecasting snowfall amounts at the 9000 to 9500 foot el...
Object ID: issw-1996-090b.pdf
Keywords: weather, snowfall, forecasting
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Title: Using Vegetative Analysis to Determine the Extent and Frequency of Avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Date: 1994
Authors: Michael J. Jenkins, Ph.D, Elizabeth G. Hebertson
Description: The Little Cottonwood Canyon road, Highway U-210, connects Salt Lake City with the Alta and Snowbird ski resorts in the Wasatch Mountains of northern ...
Object ID: issw-1994-091-104.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, hazard, dendrochronology, avalanche paths, run-out zones
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Title: Variation of Snow and Winter Air Temperatures in the Last 60 Years at Shinjo, Japan
Date: 1994
Authors: Tsutomu Nakamura, Osamu Abe
Description: Smaller amounts of snow in the last 8 winters from 1986/87 to 1993/94 at Shinjo seems to be due to winter air temperature rise. Rate of temperature ri...
Object ID: issw-1994-138-155.pdf
Keywords: fatalities, snowfall, global warming
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Risk Management for the Yule Marble Quarry
Date: 1994
Authors: Christopher C. Landry
Description: Snow avalanches may have been the least anticipated and most tragically underestimated natural hazard faced by the rapidly-spreading Colorado mining b...
Object ID: issw-1994-548-563.pdf
Keywords: snow removal, snowfall, hazard, risk management
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Title: Traffic Management for Avalanche Safety Trans-Canada Highway Rogers Pass British Columbia
Date: 1992
Authors: David Skjonsberg, John Morrall
Description: The Rogers Pass area in the Selkirk mountain range of British Columbia receives some of the heaviest snowfalls in Canada with an average of about 1000...
Object ID: issw-1992-258-268.pdf
Keywords: safety, awareness, control, highway, snowfall
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Title: Prediction of Snowfall and Two Network Systems of Snow Information at Toyama Prefecfure and Along the National Highway No. 17 from Niigata to Tokyo Through Japan Alps
Date: 1990
Authors: Tsutomu Nakamura
Description: Features in prediction of the amount of the snowfall in the Toyama area, one of the heaviest snow zones in Japan, located at the middle of the Honsbu...
Object ID: issw-1990-063-072.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, winter monsoon, network systems, highway
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Title: Cornice Control Methods Used by the Fernie Snow Valley Pro-Patrol
Date: 1990
Authors: R. Siggers
Description: Fernie Snow Valley is a medium sized ski resort located in the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains of south eastern British Columbia. The resort sits ...
Object ID: issw-1990-198-199.pdf
Keywords: fernie snow valley, snowfall, starting zones, ski areas, avalanche
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Title: Ski Area Rating for Avalanche Potential; A Forecasting Tool & Training Aid Using the United States Avalanche Danger Rating Scale for Ski Area Application
Date: 1998
Authors: Jon Andrews
Description: In avalanche forecasting there are so many weather variables that effect the snow, it is often hard to decide whether to do avalanche control or not. ...
Object ID: issw-1998-387-389.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, density, snowfall
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Title: Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain
Date: 1988
Authors: T.W. Tesche, Dennis E. McNally
Description: The Snow Accumulation and Numerical Transport Algorithms (SANTA) modeling system integrates a Hountain Windfield Hodel (HWH), a sophisticated Transpor...
Object ID: issw-1988-091-097.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, terrain, santa model
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Title: Avalanche Hazard in Kaghan Valley, Himalaya Range, Pakistan
Date: 1986
Authors: Fes de Scally, Jim Gardner
Description: Avalanche hazard in Kaghan Valley, Himalaya Range, Pakistan is being investigated. Long, steep slopes and heavy winter snowfall combine to produce fre...
Object ID: issw-1986-021-028.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, hazard, risk
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