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Title: Exploration of Water Management Adaptation Strategies in the Context of Climatic Changes in the Alps Using a Modelling Tool
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Eve Leroy, Georges-Marie Saulnier
Description: In the Alps, various studies conclude to a significant temperatures increase and a less clear signal for precipitation. Nevertheless, more solid preci...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-54.pdf
Keywords: water management, climate change adaptation, development strategies, alpine space
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Title: Effects of El Niño and La Niña on Snow Avalanche Patterns
Date: 2012
Authors: D.M. McClung
Description: El Niño and La Niña affect global climate and atmospheric circulation to determine winter temperature and precipitation patterns. Both the winte...
Object ID: issw-2012-256-258.pdf
Keywords: climate change impact, maritime climates, dry slab avalanche
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Title: Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska
Date: 2012
Authors: Wendy Wagner
Description: Turnagain Pass, Alaska, which is a popular destination for backcountry enthusiasts located 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, does not fit neatly into ...
Object ID: issw-2012-913-917.pdf
Keywords: backcountry, snow climate, avalanche terrain
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Title: Avalanche Risk Reduction in the Continental Climate: How to Implement an Effective Boot Packing Program
Date: 2010
Authors: Karen R. Sahn
Description: Ski resorts in the continental climate are challenged with safely opening steep terrain early season. Providing a skiable product with timeliness corr...
Object ID: ISSW_O-058.pdf
Keywords: boot packer, shear plane disruption, avalanche risk reduction
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Title: A Comparison of Avalanche Survival Patterns in Canada and Switzerland
Date: 2010
Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Markus Falk, Hermann Brugger, Hans-Jürg Etter, Jeff Boyd
Description: The survival pattern of completely buried individuals in open terrain has been depicted in the avalanche survival curve, which displays probability of...
Object ID: ISSW_O-059.pdf
Keywords: avalanche survival, asphyxia, trauma, snow climate, rescue regime
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Title: Climate Change in Lower Austria – A Snow Cover Analysis of the Last 100 Years With a Special Emphasis on the Last Century and the Impact of the Avalanche Situation in Lower Austria
Date: 2010
Authors: Friedrich Salzer, Arnold Studeregger
Description: In the winters 2005/06 and 2008/09 the snow height in Lower Austria was eminently high. In the last 10 years there were six winters with an eminently ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-002.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snow cover, one hundred year record
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Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change or U.S. Wastach Range Ski Areas: Projections for Park City Mountain Resort in 2030, 2050, and 2075
Date: 2010
Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark W. Williams
Description: We evaluate the potential impacts to snow coverage and depth from anthropogenic climate change at Park City Mountain Resort in 2030, 2050, and 2075. S...
Object ID: ISSW_P-023.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snow, park city, ski areas, general circulation models, wasatch
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Title: Potential Changes in the Frequency of Rain-On-Snow Events for U.S. Cascades Ski Areas As A Result of Climate Change: Projections for Mt Bachelor, Oregon in the 21rst Century
Date: 2010
Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark W. Williams
Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may affect the frequency of rain-on-snow events at Mt. Bachelo...
Object ID: ISSW_P-024.pdf
Keywords: climate change, rain-on-snow, avalanches, mt bachelor, ski areas, cascades
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Title: Investigation of the Wallowa Mountains Snow Avalanche Climate
Date: 2010
Authors: Keith R. Stebbings, Tom Kimbrough, Wendy Wagner
Description: The Wallowa Avalanche Center’s first year of operation (2009/10) has lead to an interest in determining and/or verifying the snow avalanche cl...
Object ID: ISSW_P-074.pdf
Keywords: intermountain climate, snotel stations, raws, nws
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Title: Avalanche Risk in a Changing Climate Development of a Landslide and Avalanche Risk Model
Date: 2009
Authors: Heidi Bjordal, Jan Otto Larsen
Description: In Norway, approximately 2000 landslides and avalanches affect the road network every year. Projected climate changes will give a milder and wetter cl...
Object ID: issw-2009-0564-0566.pdf
Keywords: climate change, landslide and avalanche frequency, acceptable risk level
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Title: Results of 50 Years of Climate Reanalysis in the French Pyrenees (1958-2008) Using the Safran and Crocus Models
Date: 2009
Authors: Malou N.A. Maris, Gérald Giraud, Yves Durand, Jean-Pierre Navarre, Laurent Mérindol
Description: Due to the lack of a sufficient amount of directly observed long-term snow data, the SAFRAN-CROCUS model chain, usually applied to operational avalan...
Object ID: issw-2009-0219-0223.pdf
Keywords: validation, climatology, pyrenees, snow height, trend
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Title: Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Snow Avalanche Activity in France Over the Last 60 Winters Using Hierarchical Bayesian Change Point Models
Date: 2009
Authors: N. Eckert, E. Parent, M. Naaim
Description: This study focuses on avalanche occurrences and runout altitudes in France over the last 61 winters. For both variables, the interannual fluctuations ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0234-0238.pdf
Keywords: avalanche occurrence, runout altitude, climate change impact, change point models
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Title: Skisim - A Tool to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Ski Season Length and Snowmaking
Date: 2009
Authors: Robert Steiger
Description: A semi-distributed ski season simulation model (“SkiSim”) was developed to analyze potential impacts of climate change on ski season lengt...
Object ID: issw-2009-0239-0243.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snowmaking, ski tourism, austria
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Title: A Study of Snow Climates in the Japan Alps
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Ryuzo Wakabayashi
Description: The Japan Alps on Japan's main island of Honshu consist of 3 mountainous areas broken into the North, Central and South Alps that are located between ...
Object ID: P__8206.pdf
Keywords: snow climate, japan alps, snow-pack structure, snow grain type, weak layer
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Title: San Juan Mountains Snow System Observatory & Research Venue
Date: 2006
Authors: Christopher C. Landry
Description: Building on a legacy of San Juan Mountains snow research begun in the 1970's, the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies is hosting and conducting inte...
Object ID: issw-2006-407-410.pdf
Keywords: san juan mountains, snow system science, snow hydrology, snow ecology, mountain climate monitoring
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