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Title: Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Zach M. Guy, Jeffrey S. Deems; Description: In recent decades, dust-on-snow events are increasing in both frequency and geographic extent in the Western U.S. Although dust layers have gained a r...; Object ID: ISSW16_O3.03.pdf; Keywords: dust, slab avalanches, metamorphism, forecasting; View additional details about Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado

Title: Comparison of Measured and Modelled Snow Cover Liquid Water Content to Improve Local Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Achim Heilig, Lino Schmid, Alec van Herwijnen, Olaf Eisen, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Wet-snow avalanches can be difficult to forecast. However, recent studies have suggested that an index (LWCindex) related to the mean liquid water con...; Object ID: ISSW16_O6.01.pdf; Keywords: wet-snow avalanches, avalanche forecasting, liquid water content; View additional details about Comparison of Measured and Modelled Snow Cover Liquid Water Content to Improve Local Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction

Title: Regional Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Cycles: an Essential Tool for Avalanche Warning Services?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Alec van Herwijnen, Christoph Mitterer, Nora Helbig, Tobias Jonas, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Wet-snow avalanches are relatively poorly understood and difficult to forecast. By definition, liquid water is required in the snow cover, thus predic...; Object ID: ISSW16_O6.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, wet-snow avalanche, snow cover modelling, numerical weather prediction; View additional details about Regional Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Cycles: an Essential Tool for Avalanche Warning Services?

Title: Synopsis, an Innovative Platform Supporting Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in France: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: CÃ©cile ColÃ©ou, Hugo Merzisen, Chantal Gendre, Yannick Danielou, Jean-Marie Willemet, Fabien Marty, Antoine Lasserre-Bigorry, Samuel Morin; Description: For more than 30 years, MÃ©tÃ©o-France has developed software which integrates a broad diversity of information for the daily operations of avalan...; Object ID: ISSW16_O15.02.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecast, operational workstation; View additional details about Synopsis, an Innovative Platform Supporting Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in France

Title: Combining Snowpack Models and Observations for Better Avalanche Danger Assessments: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Fabiano Monti, Christoph Mitterer, Walter Steinkogler, Mathias Bavay, Andrea Pozzi; Description: Now-casting of avalanche danger is mainly based on direct snow stability observations (e.g. recent avalanches), snow stability tests combined with str...; Object ID: ISSW16_O15.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, manual observations, snow cover modeling, snow and weather data; View additional details about Combining Snowpack Models and Observations for Better Avalanche Danger Assessments

Title: Observer Independent Measures of Snow Instability: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Benjamin Reuter, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: Observer independent measures of snow instability are a prerequisite for modeling, verifying and improving avalanche forecasts. However, presently no ...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.02.pdf; Keywords: snow instability, avalanche forecasting, snow micro-penetrometer, avalanche initiation, crack propagation, tensile strength, finite element modeling; View additional details about Observer Independent Measures of Snow Instability

Title: The Establishment of the First Public Avalanche Forecasting Service in Sweden: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Per-Olov Wikberg, Petter Palmgren; Description: Sweden started in 2015 the establishment of its first public avalanche forecasting service. The establishment of the service was initiated by the Swed...; Object ID: ISSW16_O18.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, swedish environmental protection agency (sepa); View additional details about The Establishment of the First Public Avalanche Forecasting Service in Sweden

Title: North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Brian Lazar, Simon Trautman, Mike Cooperstein, Ethan Greene, Karl Birkeland; Description: The North American Avalanche Danger Scale is a tool used by backcountry avalanche forecasters to communicate the potential for avalanches to cause har...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, avalanche danger ratings, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?

Title: Variations in Individual Danger Level Estimates Within the Same Forecast Region: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Frank Techel, Lukas DÃ¼rr, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Forecasters in many public avalanche forecast operations rely on field observations and danger (or stability) assessments by experienced and well-trai...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.02.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger level, observer-specific bias; View additional details about Variations in Individual Danger Level Estimates Within the Same Forecast Region

Title: Combining the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard With the Bavarian Matrix: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Karsten MÃ¼ller, Christoph Mitterer, Rune V. Engeset, Ragnar Ekker, Solveig Ã˜. Kosberg; Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale provides definitions for each of the five danger levels. However, some terms used in the scale are not fully defin...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, bavarian matrix, conceptual model of avalanche hazard, eaws; View additional details about Combining the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard With the Bavarian Matrix

Title: Deep Slab Instability: Loading and Settlement Rate Thresholds Related to Failure â€“ Part II: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Patrick J. Wright, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam; Description: Deep slab avalanches, which tend to be large and destructive, remain a challenge to accurately forecast. Using 42 seasons of historical data from Jack...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.08.pdf; Keywords: deep slab, persistent slab, settlement, loading, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Deep Slab Instability: Loading and Settlement Rate Thresholds Related to Failure â€“ Part II

Title: Infrasound Detection of Avalanches in Grasdalen and Indreeidsdalen, Norway: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Tore Humstad, Ã˜rjan SÃ¸derblom, Giacomo Ulivieri, Stian Langeland, Halgeir Dahle; Description: Infrasound technology for detection of snow avalanches has been tested in mountainous terrain in Norway over the two last winter seasons. Two valleys,...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.25.pdf; Keywords: infrasound, avalanche detection, forecasting, ida; View additional details about Infrasound Detection of Avalanches in Grasdalen and Indreeidsdalen, Norway

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; View additional details about Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting

Title: The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Chris Bilbrey, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, J. Andrew Gleason; Description: Understanding propagation in complex, non-uniform terrain is critically important for avalanche forecasting and mitigation. Currently we do not know h...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.45.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests

Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas; Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf; Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization; View additional details about Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements

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