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Title: Toward an Integration of a Snowdrift Modelling in the Operational Avalanche Forecast
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, G. Giraud
Description: For several years the CEN has measured, studied and developed specific tools concerning drifting snow effects. The final objective of this work is to ...
Object ID: P__8026.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, modeling, operational avalanche forecasting
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Title: Generation Condition of the Full-Depth Avalanche Out of the Data of Occurrence for Five Consecutive Years at Shibahara, Niigata Prefecture of Japan
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Norio Hayakawa, Makota Machida, Takashi Machida
Description: It is well known that a full-depth avalanche of wet snow occurs when, among others, air temperature rises. However, the exact condition of the generat...
Object ID: P__8105.pdf
Keywords: full-depth avalanche, wet snow, generation condition of avalanche
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Title: GIS Aided Avalanche Warning in Norway
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kalle Kronholm, Krister Kristensen, Steinar Bakkehøi
Description: By 2008 detailed avalanche warning for the entire Norway is not available. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute only issues a general warning for la...
Object ID: P__8128.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, geographic information systems (gis), internet
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Title: Avalanche Characterization for Regional Forecasting
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm, Nils H. Bjørdal
Description: In the Sunnmøre and Romsdal road districts in Western Norway, the local road authorities have compiled a register of more than 300 sites where aval...
Object ID: P__8218.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, roads
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Title: Geowax.net (Geographic Weather and Avalanche Explorer), An Extension to ArcGIS 9.2
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Christopher M. McCollister
Description: GeoWAX (Geographic Weather and Avalanche eXplorer), which was presented at ISSW 2002, was developed as stand alone software written in Visual Basic 6....
Object ID: P__8029.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, geographic information systems (gis), nearest neighbors, kml
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Title: A New Approach to Data Visualization for Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Phoebe B. McNeally, Harvey J. Miller
Description: A New Approach to Data Visualization for Avalanche Forecasting Phoebe B. Mcneally, Harvey J. Miller University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Avalan...
Object ID: P__8047.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, visualization, decision support
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Title: Mountaineer-Oriented Local Avalanche Forecasting System in a Graphical Format in the Aran Valley (Eastern Pyrenees)
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Jordi Gavaldà, Ivan Moner
Description: This paper presents a new avalanche danger information system. Internet based and with a graphical format, its display breaks down the information bot...
Object ID: P__8163.pdf
Keywords: local avalanche forecast, graphic representation, pyrenees, traffic lights
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Title: Combining Wind Field Modelling with Spatial Snow Depth Measurements for Avalanche Forecast Purpose
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Alexander Prokop
Description: The snow cover distribution in alpine terrain is known to be highly influenced by the local wind field. In this study the correlation between differen...
Object ID: P__8135.pdf
Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth, wind field modeling, snow cover
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Title: Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre
Description: Historically, wet snow avalanche phenomena, such as wet slab avalanches and glide avalanches, have not been operational forecasting concerns because s...
Object ID: P__8243.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanches, avalanche forecasting, glacier national park
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Title: Statistical Assessment of Regional Avalanche Danger Using Parameters from the Snow Cover Model Snowpack
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Numerical avalanche prediction with statistical methods using meteorological input parameters has shown insufficient results, mainly since snow cover ...
Object ID: P__8182.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, numerical simulation, snow cover model, snow cover stability, nearest neighbor, feature selection, genetic algorithm
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Title: On the Predictability of Snow Avalanches
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Jürg Schweizer
Description: Snow avalanches are generally rare and occasionally extreme events. In the general context of prediction and predictably of extreme events, we will ex...
Object ID: P__8205.pdf
Keywords: snow stability evaluation, avalanche forecasting, risk management
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting Matrix
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Richard W. Steiner, Jr.
Description: The Avalanche Forecasting Matrix (Matrix) is an avalanche forecasting classification model created to improve communication between avalanche forecast...
Object ID: P__8039.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, contributory factor analysis, avalanche danger
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Title: Rockface Glide Avalanche Detection
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: John Stimberis, Charles Rubin
Description: A smooth rock slab, known as Rock Face, is exposed 2.5 km north-northwest of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington adjacent to the Alpental Ski Area. Rock Face,...
Object ID: P__8156.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, glide avalanche, forecasting
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Title: New Trends of Avalanche Accidents in Backcountry Terrain in Switzerland
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Benjamin Zweifel
Description: In the last 10 years equipment and knowledge of recreationists and organised rescue teams in avalanche terrain has developed. More and more people are...
Object ID: P__8169.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche forecast, avalanche danger degree, avalanche rescue, backcountry
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Title: Spatial Variability -- So What?
Date: 2006
Authors: Jürg Schwizer, Kalle Kronholm, J. Bruce Jamieson, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Since the landmark papers of Conway and Abrahamson many studies have tried quantify spatial variability. Many different methods have been used and the...
Object ID: issw-2006-365-376.pdf
Keywords: radiation, wind, forecasting, snow stability
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