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Title: Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface, Part II: Thermal Contact Resistance
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kevin Hammonds, Ian Baker
Description: As it turns out, spending many an extra cold and blustery minute trying to get those last few temperature readings to complete a textbook perfect "eve...
Object ID: ISSW16_O11.01.pdf
Keywords: ice lens, temperature gradient, effective thermal conductivity, thermal contact resistance, kinetic snow metamorphism
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Title: Measuring Snow Surface Temperature: Why, why Not, and How?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Michael Schirmer
Description: Avalanche mitigation programs measures snow surface temperature, Tss, for up to three objectives: 1) to infer near surface faceting (NSF) from Tss and...
Object ID: ISSW16_O11.02.pdf
Keywords: surface temperature measurement, snow surface, infrared thermometers, contact thermometers, temperature gradient, near surface faceting
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Title: Modeled Mass and Temperature Effects of Released and Entrained Snow on the Lubricated Flow Regime of Avalanches at Bird Hill, Southcentral Alaska
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Michael Loso, Perry Bartelt, Cesar Vera Valero
Description: The unpredictable effects of released and entrained snow on avalanche run-out distances make hazard analysis difficult. At Bird Hill in southcentral A...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.03.pdf
Keywords: snow entrainment, snow temperature, avalanche run-out, flow regimes, fluidization, lubrication
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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: Thermal Energy in Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Betty Sovilla, Tobias Jonas, Michael Lehning
Description: Avalanches can exhibit many different flow regimes from powder clouds to slush flows. Flow regimes are largely controlled by the properties of the sno...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-19.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, thermal energy, snow entrainment, infrared radiation thermography
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Title: Challenges and Benefits of Continuous Weather Soundings on a Gondola During the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming/Austria
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Arnulf Wurzer, Hannes Rieder, Christian Pehsl, Arnold Studeregger
Description: Atmospheric Soundings are measurements of the vertical profile of temperature, humidity and pressure. They are used to determine atmospheric instabili...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-05.pdf
Keywords: ski gondola, atmospheric sounding, weather measurement
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Title: The Employment of MODIS Time Series and Soil Temperature to Monitor Snow Cover in the Majella National Park (Italian Central Apennines)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Godone D., Cocco S., Corti B., Freppaz M., Stanisci A.
Description: Italian Apennines are an unique mountain environment in the central Mediterranean basin as their peaks and massifs reach remarkable altitudes like Co...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-11.pdf
Keywords: daily soil temperature amplitude, phenology, remote sensing, snow cover duration
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Title: Limitations of Using an Infrared Camera to Measure Snow Pit-Wall Temperatures
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michael Schirmer, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Driven by temperature gradients, kinetic snow metamorphism is important for avalanche formation. Recent studies that visualized small scale (< 10 cm) ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-19.pdf
Keywords: measurement techniques, snow metamorphism, artifacts
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Title: Remote and Real Time Avalanche Monitoring With Wi-Fi
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Marek Biskupič, Milan Lizuch, Jozef Richnavský, Filip Kyzek, Igor Žiak
Description: Žiarska dolina in Tatra Mountains (Slovakia) is one of the most avalanche prone locations in the Carpathian mountain range. The avalanches frequent...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, wifi, live video stream
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Title: Thermal Temperature in Avalanche Flow
Date: 2012
Authors: Cesar Vera Valero, Thomas Feistl, Walter Steinkogler, Othmar Buser, Perry Bartelt
Description: The thermal temperature of snow greatly influences the flow behaviour of avalanches. It is even common to implicitly characterize avalanche flow with ...
Object ID: issw-2012-032-037.pdf
Keywords: wet-snow avalanche, dry snow avalanche, temperature environment, snowpack temperature
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Title: Avalanche Impact Performance of a Light-Weight Diversion Structure Snettisham Transmission Line, Southeast Alaska
Date: 2012
Authors: Chris Wilbur, Mike Janes, Art Mears
Description: The 138kV Snettisham electrical transmission line is the main power source for Juneau, Alaska. The line was constructed in 1973 and traverses steep r...
Object ID: issw-2012-294-299.pdf
Keywords: avalanche impact pressure, hydroelectric, weather forecasting
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Title: A Characterization of Snow Gliding and Potential Predisposing Factors in a Full-Depth Slab Avalanche Release Area (Valle d’Aosta, NW Italian Alps)
Date: 2012
Authors: E. Ceaglio, M. Freppaz, G. Filippa, S. Ferraris, E. Zanini, V. Segor
Description: In recent years many progresses have been made in the comprehension of the glide avalanches; however processes leading to this kind of phenomena are ...
Object ID: issw-2012-561-568.pdf
Keywords: snow gliding, full-depth avalanche, avalanche forecasting, glide crack activity
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Title: Cooling and Avalanches
Date: 2012
Authors: Penelope H. Goddard
Description: Avalanches which occur during periods of cooling are important because they can surprise people, even very experienced practitioners. However, the inf...
Object ID: issw-2012-580-585.pdf
Keywords: freezing levels, slab failure, snow surface temperature, snowpack conditions
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Title: Seasonal Change in Conditions for Occurrence of Wet Snow Avalanches in Hokkaido
Date: 2012
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shinji Ikeda, Yasuhiko Ito
Description: To clarify the meteorological conditions for occurrence of wet snow avalanches in Hokkaido, located in the northern part of Japan, data analysis have ...
Object ID: issw-2012-878-883.pdf
Keywords: wet snow avalanches, full depth avalanche, temporal changes
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Title: Analysis of Continuous Snow Temperature Profiles From Automatic Weather Stations in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)
Date: 2012
Authors: M. Maggioni, G. Filippa, E. Zanini, M. Freppaz
Description: Snow temperatures are strictly related to the heat balance of the snowpack and are commonly used to calculate the temperature gradient, which is one ...
Object ID: issw-2012-1017-1022.pdf
Keywords: snow temperature, weather stations, avalanche warnings
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