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- Title: Use of Google Analytics at the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center, Arizona
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Troy A. Marino
- Description: For five seasons, the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center (KPAC) has used Google Analytics (GA) to track usage of the KPAC website kachinapeaks.org. KPAC w...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.44.pdf
- Keywords: google analytics, website, snowpack summary, communication, kpac, arizona
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- Title: Using Photogrammetry to Temporally Compare Snowpack Thicknesses and Calculate Volumes
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Michael Conlan, Dave Gauthier
- Description: Photogrammetric techniques have recently been researched and applied in the avalanche field. Numerous photos taken of a particular location can be com...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O2.03.pdf
- Keywords: photogrammetry, point cloud, change detection, snowpack height, volume estimates
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- Title: A Multi-Dimensional Model of Water Transport Into Layered Snowpack: Validation by Comparison with Laboratory Experiments
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Francesco Avanzi, Satoru Yamaguchi
- Description: The processes of liquid water infiltration into snowpack are important for the prediction of wet snow avalanches. In a previous study, we developed a ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O6.04.pdf
- Keywords: water transport model, preferential flow, capillary barrier
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- Title: Coupling Operational Snowcover Simulations With Avalanche Dynamics Calculations to Assess Avalanche Danger in High Altitude Mining Operations
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Cesar Vera, Nander Wever, Perry Bartelt
- Description: The Codelco Andina copper mine is operating in high alpine terrain where avalanches pose a threat to the operations and the infrastructure. A dedicate...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O7.02.pdf
- Keywords: numeric modeling, avalanche dynamics, snowcover modeling, risk assessing
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- Title: SnopViz, an Interactive Visualization Tool for Both Snow-Cover Model Output and Observed Snow Profiles
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Charles Fierz, Thomas Egger, Matthias Gerber, Frank Techel, Mathias Bavay
- Description: "SnopViz" is primarily a visualization tool for both observed snow profiles (CAAML V5.0 Snow Profile IACS) and simulation output of the snow-cover mod...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.29.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, graphical user interface, caaml-format
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- Title: Study on the Model to Estimate the Snow Property of the Slope Snowpack
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Ryota Sato, Yasushi Kamata, Masaya Shishido
- Description: To ensure the safety of train operations for full depth avalanche, it is important to estimate the stability of the slope snow. And then, it is necess...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.37.pdf
- Keywords: stability of the slope snowpack, physical properties, amedas weather data
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- Title: Evaluation of SNOWPACK Metamorphism and Microstructure in a Canadian Context: a Case Study for Snow Stability Assessment
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jean-Benoit Madore, Kevin Côté, Alexandre Langlois
- Description: The snow thermodynamic multi-layer model SNOWPACK was developed in order to address the risk of avalanches by simulating the vertical geophysical and ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.06.pdf
- Keywords: snow grain, snowpack, avalanche, model, stability, metamorphism
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- Title: Skiers Perception and Knowledge About Avalanche Terrain Practical Implications for Avalanche Education
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Marit S. Andresen, Linda Hallandvik
- Description: In Norway, the number of people off-piste skiing in the backcountry is continuously increasing. This is also the case in Sogndal, a small village in W...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.51.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain, snowpack, familiar terrain, avalanche education
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- Title: Statistical Nowcast of Avalanche Activity at the Regional Scale
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Stephan Harvey, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter
- Description: Forecasting natural avalanche activity is challenging. Events are relatively rare and several contributory factors affecting the formation of dry- or ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.04.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche activity, statistical model, random forest, snowpack
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- Title: Validation of a Coupled Weather and Snowpack Model Across Western Montana
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Kyle Van Peursem, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Dan Miller, Chris Gibson
- Description: Predicting avalanche danger depends on knowledge of the existing snowpack structure and the current and forecasted weather conditions. In remote and d...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.11.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover models, weather models, snowpack, wrf, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Characteristics of Avalanche Release and an Approach of Avalanche Forecasting System Using SNOWPACK Model in the Tianshan Mountains, China
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Osamu Abe, Lanhai Li, Lei Bai, Jiansheng Hao, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Junrong Xu
- Description: We summarized the characteristics of avalanche releases in the Tianshan Mountains of western China based on observations of snow cover and avalanche o...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.17.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche release, forecasting system, snowpack model, tianshan mountains
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- Title: Changes in Extended Column Test Results with Varying Depths
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Ian Hoyer, Ethan Greene, Doug Chabot, Karl W. Birkeland
- Description: Knowing the Extended Column Test's (ECT's) effectiveness at different slab thicknesses is critically important for practitioners. To better understand...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.29.pdf
- Keywords: extended column test, snowpack test, propagation
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- Title: Seismic Responses of Snowpack on a Slope in a Vibration Experiment and Suggestion of the Method Estimating of Earthquake-Induced Avalanche Occurrences
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Yusuke Harada, Wataru Takahashi, Satoshi Omiya, Hiroki Matsushita, Takahiro Chiba, Masaru Matsuzawa
- Description: A vibration experiment was conducted to understand the seismic response of the snowpack on a slope. The following were found. 1) The dynamic magnifica...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.43.pdf
- Keywords: vibration experiment, snowpack on a slope, seismic response
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- Title: Will There (Still) Be Snow for the Upcoming Winter Holidays? On the Conditional Predictability of Snow Conditions Several Weeks to Months in Advance
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Cecile Coleou, Yves Lejeune
- Description: Modern societies increasingly require anticipation capabilities in virtually all aspects of human life, including snow conditions in mountain regions,...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-12.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack modelling, predictability, seasonal forecast
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- Title: Evaluation of an Avalanche Triggered by a Local Earthquake at the Vallée de la Sionne (Switzerland) Experimental Site
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: C. Pérez- Guillén, E. Suriñach, G. Furdada, M. Hiller, M. Tapia
- Description: The snow avalanche group of the University of Barcelona in a collaboration with the SLF (Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos (Suiza)) mon...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-08.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, earthquake, seismic data, infrasound, snow stability factor
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