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- Title: Surface Warming of a Dry Snowpack Increases Skier-Induced Stress and Strain Magnitudes in Deeper Weak Layers
- Date: 1998
- Authors: A. Wilson, J. Schweizer, C.D. Johnston, J.B. Jamieson
- Description: Changes in air temperature, and hence snow temperature, influence snow stability for skiers. This paper studies how warming in the top 20 cm of a hard...
- Object ID: issw-1998-514-519.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability, avalanche triggering, snow thermal effects
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- Title: Snow Densification During Rain
- Date: 1998
- Authors: H.P. Marshall, H. Conway, L.A. Rasmussen
- Description: Observations and measurements indicate rain often has a major impact on
snow slope stability. Measurements to investigate the effects of wetting of l...
- Object ID: issw-1998-520-525.pdf
- Keywords: snow, snow compaction, rain on snow
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- Title: Warm Storms Associated with Avalanche Hazard in the Sierra Nevada
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Randall Osterhuber, Richard Kattelmann
- Description: Rain-on-snow events occasionally produce avalanches of varying magnitude depending on both snowpack properties and storm characteristics. Under rain-o...
- Object ID: issw-1998-526-533.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, avalanche frequency, rain-on-snow, snow stability, wet-snow avalanche
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- Title: Effectively Using and Interpreting Stability Tests
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Ron Johnson, Karl Birkeland
- Description: Determining the likelihood of an avalanche occurring on a given slope is a critical decision faced by both avalanche professionals and backcountry ent...
- Object ID: issw-1998-562-565.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability, stability tests, avalanche forecasting, avalanches
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- Title: Tensile Strength and Strength Changes in New Snow Layers
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Arthur I. Mears
- Description: The tensile strength (rupture modulus) of new snow layers was measured at a 3,200m elevation Colorado site during February and March, 1998 to determin...
- Object ID: issw-1998-574-576.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, snow mechanics, snow strength
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- Title: Avalanche Forecasting With GIS
- Date: 1996
- Authors: R. Bolognesi, M. Denuelle, L. Dexter
- Description: Avalanches depend on snowpack stability as well as terrain conditions. Thus, these two kinds of information are required to perform punctual predictio...
- Object ID: issw-1996-011-013.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis)
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- Title: The Stochastic Model of Snow Cover Stability on Mountain Slopes
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Pavel A. Chernouss, Yury V. Fedorenko
- Description: Three-dimensional deterministic model of thin elastic shell on a rigid underlying surface of arbitrary configuration is used as approach to a snow sla...
- Object ID: issw-1996-104-106.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, stochastic model, snowpack stability
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- Title: The Compression Test for Snow Stability
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Colin Johnston
- Description: The compression test is a quick stability test. It involves tapping on a shovel placed on top of a column of snow and noting the failures in weak laye...
- Object ID: issw-1996-118-125.pdf
- Keywords: snow compression, snow stability, snow strength, snow physical properties, snow stratigraphy
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- Title: Experience with Stability Evaluation for a Surface Hoar Layer During Winter 1995-96 at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Jurg Schweizer, David Skjonsberg, Bruce McMahon
- Description: The avalanche control section at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada, is responsible for the avalanche safety within Glacier National Park. This inv...
- Object ID: issw-1996-126-128.pdf
- Keywords: snow crystals, snow strength, snow cover stability, avalanche forecasting, avalanche control
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- Title: Improvements by Measuring Shear Strength of Weak Layers
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Paul Fohn, Christian Camponovo
- Description: Concurrent measurements in situ of the shear strength and strain rate of weak layers or interfaces have not been executed up to now. In order to uncov...
- Object ID: issw-1996-158-162.pdf
- Keywords: snow slab, weak layers, strain rate, shear strength, measuring procedures
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- Title: Snow Science and Safety for the Mountain Guide Walter Bruns
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Description: The safety of people in a winter, backcountry mountain environment is presented in terms of margins of security and margins of survival. The elements ...
- Object ID: issw-1996-203-206.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability, hazard, risk, survival
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- Title: Forecasting for a Widespread Heliski Operation
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Bob Sayer
- Description: This will be a 15 minute oral presentation, with slides, describing the procedures employed at Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing. MWHS is located in the ...
- Object ID: issw-1996-216b.pdf
- Keywords: forecasting, helicopter skiing
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Evaluation at Ski Areas
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Jon Ueland
- Description: There is a lot of literature written about avalanche hazard evaluation and forecasting, but it's seldom from the perspective of a ski area avalanche w...
- Object ID: issw-1996-217-218.pdf
- Keywords: hazard assessment, stability evaluation, intuition
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- Title: Monitoring a Shear Frame Stability Index and Skier-Triggered Slab Avalanches Involving Persistent Snowpack Weaknesses
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Colin Johnston
- Description: Ski guides routinely decide whether to ski or avoid particular avalanche slopes. Similarly, avalanche forecasters for ski areas and highways decide wh...
- Object ID: issw-1994-014-021.pdf
- Keywords: forecasters, safety decisions, terrain, stability, skier triggering
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- Title: Computer Assistance in Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 1994
- Authors: David M. McClung
- Description: In this paper, I discuss two computerized modules for avalanche forecasting, including results of field testing and experiences with the products. Ava...
- Object ID: issw-1994-310-313.pdf
- Keywords: forecasting, snow profiles, snow stability
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