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- Title: 40 Years of NGI’s Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Peter Gauer, Krister Kristensen
- Description: The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has been running full-scale avalanche experiments at the Ryggfonn test-site in western Norway for close to ...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-35.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, test-site, full-scale experiments
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- Title: The Experimental Snow Avalanche Test Site at Seehore Peak in Aosta Valley (IT) MAP3 ALCOTRA Project
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: V. Segor, L. Pitet, M. Maggioni, B. Frigo, M. Freppaz, B. Chiaia, E. Bovet, E. Ceaglio, A. Welf, P. Dellavedova
- Description: Since 2009 the Seehore test site is operative within the MonterosaSki resort in Aosta Valley (NW Italy). This real scale test site was intended to stu...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-36.pdf
- Keywords: small/medium avalanches, real scale test site, dynamics, impact forces, snowdrift
- View additional details about The Experimental Snow Avalanche Test Site at Seehore Peak in Aosta Valley (IT) MAP3 ALCOTRA Project
- Title: Stability Tests and Their Association With the Local Avalanche Danger
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Shane Haladuick, Michael Schirmer, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The avalanche forecast regions in Canada range from 100 to 30,000 km2, far larger than the 10 km2 covered in a typical backcountry day. This differenc...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-01.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche danger, compression test, rutschblock test, avalanche problem, avalanche forecasting
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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
- View additional details about Retour d'Expérience sur le Chantier de Claies Paravalanches de Oz-en-Oisans Feedback on the Site Snow Racks Oz-en-Oisans
- 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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- Title: A New Application for Quick Boundary Limits of Avalanche Events: Procedure and First Validation
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Bornaz L., Durand N., Frigo B., Dellavedova P., Segor V.
- Description: In the framework of MAP3 ALCOTRA project, a 3D mapping tool is under developing to rapidly take the avalanche census and implement the regional Cadast...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-34.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche census, solid image, avalanche cadastre, zoning
- View additional details about A New Application for Quick Boundary Limits of Avalanche Events: Procedure and First Validation
- Title: Preliminary Measurements and Survey of Snowdrift at the Seehore Avalanche Test Site – Aosta Valley (IT)
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Maggioni M., Durand N., Frigo B., Pallara O., Freppaz M., Dellavedova P., Segor V., Naaim- Bouvet F., Bellot H.
- Description: In high elevation areas drifting snow influences the snowpack spatial distribution and
consequently its stability. The amount of snow drifted from th...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-65.pdf
- Keywords: snowdrift, avalanche release zone, experimental data, nw italian alps
- View additional details about Preliminary Measurements and Survey of Snowdrift at the Seehore Avalanche Test Site – Aosta Valley (IT)
- Title: Using High-Speed Video to Better Understand Extended Column Tests
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen
- Description: Extended Column Tests (ECTs) have become increasingly popular for assessing snowpack stability. However, we still do not fully understand what happen...
- Object ID: issw-2012-098-103.pdf
- Keywords: extended column test, propagation saw test, snowpack stability test,
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- Title: Measurements of ECT Scores and Crack-Face Friction in Non-Persistent Weak Layers: What are the Implications for Practitioners?
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen
- Description: Field observations suggest that avalanches releasing on non-persistent weak layers tend to slide on steeper slopes than other dry slab avalanches. Rec...
- Object ID: issw-2012-104-110.pdf
- Keywords: weak snowpack layers, extended column test, slopes, dry slab avalanche,
- View additional details about Measurements of ECT Scores and Crack-Face Friction in Non-Persistent Weak Layers: What are the Implications for Practitioners?
- Title: Storm Snow Avalanches: Characteristics and Forecasting
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Edward H. Bair, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Karl Birkeland, Jeff Dozier
- Description: At ski areas, a majority of avalanches fail in storm snow. We investigate these avalanches using stability tests and avalanche observations from Calif...
- Object ID: issw-2012-111-114.pdf
- Keywords: storm snow, ski area, extended column test
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- Title: A Modified Extended Column Test to Reduce Slab Degradation: Preliminary Results
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Maggi Kraft, Matt Wieland, Jordy Hendrikx
- Description: Snow profiles and stability tests are commonly used to evaluate the strength of the
snowpack. While conducting a stability test such as the extended ...
- Object ID: issw-2012-1028-1032.pdf
- Keywords: slabs, weak layer, snowpack stability test,
- View additional details about A Modified Extended Column Test to Reduce Slab Degradation: Preliminary Results
- Title: Nowcast With a Forescast – Snow Cover Simulations on Slopes
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The snow cover model SNOWPACK simulates the snow cover formation and evolution
based on meteorological parameters. In the past, these parameters were...
- Object ID: issw-2012-172-178.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, snow cover modeling, avalanche warning, numerical weather prediction models, snow cover stratigraphy, model output statistics
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- Title: Using a Thermal Imager to Quantify Buried Thermal Structure in Natural Snow
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Cora Shea, Bruce Jamieson, Karl Birkeland
- Description: Avalanche researchers and practitioners have long measured snowpack temperatures in snow pits with thermometers about 10 cm apart. This led to the ass...
- Object ID: issw-2012-267-276.pdf
- Keywords: temperature gradient, thermal imaging, snow crystals, snow stability tests
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- Title: Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned
- Date: 2012
- Authors: W. Carran, H. Conway, A. Carran, Milford Team
- Description: Two close encounters with avalanches during rain-on-snow in the spring of 1996
were aha-moments for the Milford Road avalanche program; these definin...
- Object ID: issw-2012-285-289.pdf
- Keywords: instability assessment, snow stability evaluation, explosives, start zones
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- Title: The Propagation Saw Test (PST): A Review of its Development, Applications, and Recent Research
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Dave Gauthier, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The Propagation Saw Test (PST) method was developed independently in Switzerland and in Canada in 2005 and 2006. It was inspired partly by observation...
- Object ID: issw-2012-1047-1053.pdf
- Keywords: fracture propagation, snow stability tests, avalanche safety
- View additional details about The Propagation Saw Test (PST): A Review of its Development, Applications, and Recent Research
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