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Title: SNOWGRID – A New Operational Snow Cover Model in Austria
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Marc Olefs, Wolfgang Schöner, Martin Suklitsch, Christoph Wittmann, Bernd Niedermoser, Alfred Neururer, Arnulf Wurzer
Description: We present first results of the newly developed, physically-based and spatially distributed snow cover model SNOWGRID. The model is driven with gridde...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-07.pdf
Keywords: snow cover model, climate services, avalanche warning, inca, nowcasting, numerical weather prediction
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Title: Blowing Snow in Antarctica: 3 Years of Continuous Observations in Adélie Land
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexandre Trouvilliez, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Christophe Genthon, Vincent Favier, Luc Piard, Hervé Bellot, Cécile Agosta, Cyril Palerme, Charles Amory
Description: The Surface Mass Balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet is probably the only important negative contribution to the sea-level rise. Net erosion of s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-29.pdf
Keywords: aeolian transport, blowing snow, drifting snow, antarctica, flowcapt
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Title: Trend Analysis of Snow Density and Water Equivalent in the Alpine Region
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christoph Marty, Anna-Maria Tilg, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow density is an important property for the characterisation of a snow cover. It is also a key factor for retrieving the snow water equivalent (SWE)...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-24.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, alpine region, variability
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Title: The ‘Optimal Skiing Day’: The Future of Ski Resorts Under Climate Change Conditions
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude
Description: The purpose of this presentation is to implement and apply a model permitting to identify and assess the most economical days of a skiing season in or...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-27.pdf
Keywords: climate change, skiing tourism, profitability, modeling, christmas-easter-shift
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Title: Peut-On Identifier des Conditions Favorables au Départ d’Avalanches de Plaques de Fond en Neige Sèche Grâce à la Modélisation de la Neige?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gilles Brunot
Description: The conditions of natural triggering of full-depth slab avalanches are not well known. The mechanism is complex , due to creep phenomena which are ver...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-02.pdf
Keywords: full depth avalanche, favourable conditions, triggering, modelling
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Title: Toward Better Decision Tools for the Management of Frequent Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Segor, V., Pitet, L., Bovet E., Dellavedova P., Sovilla B., Steinkogler W., Veitinger J., Maggioni M., Chiambretti I., Prola M.
Description: Avalanche safety personnel often face with the problem of whether to close a road or a ski-resort exposed frequently to avalanches. Such decisions are...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-03.pdf
Keywords: strada, frequent avalanches, management, routes, ski-resorts, strategies
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Title: New Tool for Avalanche Forecasting in the Krkonoše Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Roman Juras, Jiří Pavlásek, Jan Blahůt, Petr Bašta, Zbyněk Klose, Vítěslav Moudrý, Jan Balek
Description: The Krkonoše Mts., with the highest peak reaching 1602 m a.s.l., is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Despite its low altitude they...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-09.pdf
Keywords: czech republic, expert forecasting system, modelling
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Title: The expert tool XGEO and its applications in the Norwegian Avalanche Forecasting Service
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Emma Barfod, Karsten Müller, Tuomo Saloranta, Jess Andersen, Nils Kristian Orthe, Anders Wartianien, Tore Humstad, Steinar Myrabø, Rune Engeset
Description: Norway is highly dependent on tracking the changing snow cover, not only for the avalanche forecasting but also for hydropower production planning, fl...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-13.pdf
Keywords: map centric tool, observations, snow model, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Snowmonit - Winner of GMES Best Service Challenge 2012
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Francesco Bartoli
Description: SnowMonit is designed to improve services that treat snow avalanche information through Earth Observation data. Snow accumulation, depth, and water e...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-01.pdf
Keywords: snow, gmes, satellite, wms, wmts, esa
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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: A New Model for Operational Winter Road Surface Conditions Forecasting in Météo-France
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ludovic Bouilloud, Odile Coudert, Alain Foidart
Description: During winter, snow presence on the road might have serious consequences on road traffic and security, especially in plain areas where snow occurrence...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-31.pdf
Keywords: winter maintenance, snow, road surface conditions, forecasting
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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: Statistical Avalanche Runout Models: How Well Can Computers Predict Beta?
Date: 2012
Authors: Alexandra Sinickas, Bruce Jamieson
Description: We reviewed the performance of a 23 m and 30 m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Google Earth in predicting beta (β) points for statistical runout...
Object ID: issw-2012-716-722.pdf
Keywords: extreme avalanche runout, statistical model, alpha-beta, runout ratio, repeatability, error
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Title: An Explicit Nonlinear Numerical Model of Explosive Air Blast on Snow and Implications for Avalanche Control
Date: 2010
Authors: D.A. Miller, R.G. Tichota, E.E. Adams
Description: Recent post explosive control avalanches and the lack of analytical methods for evaluating explosive control have motivated this study to better quant...
Object ID: ISSW_O-007.pdf
Keywords: numerical model, avalanche control
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Title: New Insights Into Skier-Triggering of Slab Avalanches
Date: 2010
Authors: Joachim Heierli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois, Peter Gumbsch
Description: Most skiers trigger the slab avalanche in which they are caught. Preventing those accidents necessitates a better understanding of the factors contrib...
Object ID: ISSW_O-040.pdf
Keywords: skier-triggering, slab avalanches, anticrack model, risk
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