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Title: Retour d'Expérience sur le Chantier de Claies Paravalanches de Oz-en-Oisans Feedback on the Site Snow Racks Oz-en-Oisans
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Robit P. GTS, Villard N. GTS
Description: In 2010 GTS realized 550m of Snow bridges (Avalanche supporting structures) in the town of Oz-en-Oisans that was asked for by RTM and the General cou...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-66.pdf
Keywords: avalanche supporting structures, carbon impact, experimental site
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Title: Avalanche Protection Dam of Cialancier in Saint Etienne de Tinée : From 2D Digital Modeling to the Start of the Onsite Work
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Vincent SEGEL, Mathieu SCHMITT, Edith Michel Villaz, Thierry EME, Stéphane ROUDNITSKA, Mohamed NAAIM
Description: On 16 December 2008 at 11.15 am, a large scale avalanche started in the upper watershed of the Fougeret couloir and ended its course in the hamlet of ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-68.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection, modeling, work
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Title: Road Network Management in the Context of Natural Hazards: A Decision-Aiding Process Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods and Network Structural Properties Analysis
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Tacnet J.-M., Mermet E., Zadonina E., Deschatres M., Humbert P., Dissart J.-C., Labbe S.
Description: In mountain areas, transport infrastructures (roads, railways) are exposed to natural hazards such as avalanches, torrent floods and rockfalls. Road n...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-69.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, natural hazards, mountains, indirect vulnerability, roads, network structural properties, information quality
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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: Use of RHYTMME Radar Images Including X Band Data, to Improve Hourly Disaggregation of SAFRAN Daily Precipitation Analyse - Application on Mercantour and Haut-Var/Haut-Verdon
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mérindol Laurent, Durand Yves, Fradon Béatrice, Tzanos Renaud, Westrelin Samuel
Description: In the framework of RHYTMME project, a X Band weather radar network is currently being installed in the French southern Alps. Three X Band polarimetr...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-08.pdf
Keywords: radar, x-band, precipitation analysis, hourly disaggregation
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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: An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: S. Terzago, M.Faletto, Correspondingauthor, M.C. Prola, S. Fratianni, R. Cremonini, S.Barbero
Description: Ultrasonic snow sensors provide high temporal resolution snow depth and snowfall data used for hydrological applications and avalanche risk assessmen...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-12.pdf
Keywords: ultrasonic snow measurements, snow depth, automatic validation
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Title: Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Langlois, A., Royer, A.
Description: Snow cover plays a key role in the climate system by influencing the transfer of energy, gas and mass between the soil and the atmosphere. In particul...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-13.pdf
Keywords: snow, passive microwave, model, snowpack, memls, swe, avalanche
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Title: Data Assimilation of Multilayer Snowpack on Argentière Glacier, Using X-band SAR Data, DMRT and a Detailed Snowpack Model
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Xuan-Vu Phan, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Michel Gay, Yves Durand, Marie Dumont, Samuel Morin, Guy d’Urso
Description: This study discuss the potential of using remote sensing data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), couple with Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-14.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, electromagnetic backscattering model, snow grain optical diameter, snow density, radar (sar), data assimilation
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Title: IceCube, A Portable and Reliable Instrument for Snow Specific Surface Area Measurement in the Field
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nicolas Zuanon
Description: The specific surface area (SSA), defined as the surface area per unit mass, is a key variable to describe the physical properties of snow. It is seen ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-20.pdf
Keywords: specific surface area, reflectance, grain size, optical measurement
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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: The Avalanche Detector - A New Avalanche Monitoring Tool Using Distributed Acoustic Fibre Optic Sensing
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Anna Wirbel, Markus Jungmayr
Description: Information on avalanche activity is a paramount parameter in avalanche forecasting. When avalanches are released spontaneously, the risk of avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, monitoring, detection, fibre optic sensing
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Title: Towards a Basic Avalanche Characterization Based on the Generated Seismic Signal
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Lisa Dreier, Perry Bartelt
Description: The primary reasons to study the seismic signal generated by avalanches are (1) to remotely detect snow avalanches and (2) to improve our understandin...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-24.pdf
Keywords: seismic monitoring, avalanche activity, avalanche dynamics
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Title: A Simple Method to Study Snow Erosion and Deposition Processes in Small Avalanches: The Straw Test
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: E. Bovet, M. Maggioni, L. Pitet, B. Chiaia, M. Freppaz, V. Segor, P. Dellavedova
Description: The snow erosion and deposition processes play a fundamental role in the avalanche dynamics. Nowadays, sophisticated and expensive techniques, such a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-25.pdf
Keywords: straw test, avalanche mass balance, net erosion and deposition, cheap method
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Title: Field Report on the Implementation of a Remotely Controlled Automated Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Thomas Gigele, Reinhard Fromm, Marc S. Adams
Description: Due to adverse weather and snow conditions, as well as a limited extent of available manpower, avalanche test sites in the Alps are often not accessi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-26.pdf
Keywords: automated terrestrial laser scanner, remote control, avalanche, snowcatcher
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