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Title: Snowpack Depth Modelling and Water Availability from Lidar Measurements in Eastern Pyrenees
Date: 2009
Authors: Ignacio MORENO BAÑOS, Antoni RUIZ GARCÍA, Jordi MARTURIÀ I ALAVEDRA, Pere OLLER I FIGUERAS, Jordi PIÑA IGLESIAS, Carles GARCIA SELLÉS, Pere MARTÍNEZ I FIGUERAS, Julià TALAYA LÓPEZ
Description: In order to evaluate water reserves in mountain watersheds the Institut Geològic de Catalunya (IGC) jointly with Institut Cartogràfic de Catalun...
Object ID: issw-2009-0202-0206.pdf
Keywords: snowpack depth, stepwise regression tree, lidar, geographic information systems (gis), pyrenees
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Title: Measurement of Dynamic Water-Entry Value for Dry Snow
Date: 2009
Authors: Takafumi Katsushima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Toshiro Kumakura, Atsushi Sato
Description: In soil physics, many people have discussed about mechanisms of developing preferential flow based on porous media hydraulics. In snow science, there ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0248-0251.pdf
Keywords: preferential flow, water-entry value, homogeneous dry snow
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Title: In Situ and Photogrammetric Measurements of Avalanche Crown Transects
Date: 2009
Authors: Edward H. Bair, Karl W. Birkeland, Jeff Dozier
Description: We present results on the geometry and depth distributions for transects along the crowns of small to large avalanches. Previous research suggests th...
Object ID: issw-2009-0395-0399.pdf
Keywords: photogrammetry, crowns, power laws, distributions
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Title: Comparison and Complementarities of Avalanche Pressure Measurements: Piezo-Electric Load Cells and Deformation Based Pressure Deconvolution
Date: 2009
Authors: Djebar Baroudi, Betty Sovilla, Emmanuel Thibert
Description: The impact pressure of snow avalanches have been measured at the Vallée de La Sionne experimental test site using two different types of sensors. T...
Object ID: issw-2009-0443-0447.pdf
Keywords: impact pressure, piezo-electric load cells, gage-cantilever load sensor, deconvolution
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Title: Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the Vallée de la Sionne Test Site
Date: 2009
Authors: L. Rammer, H. Schreiber, M. Hiller, F. Dufour, B. Sovilla, P. Gauer, M.A. Kern
Description: Range-gated Doppler radar measurements provide decisive information about the motion of an avalanche along the avalanche track. However, up to now, su...
Object ID: issw-2009-0472-0476.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, radar measurements, spontaneous avalanche
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Title: Investigation on the Effectiveness of the Catch-Fence “Snowcatcher” as Avalanche Protection System
Date: 2009
Authors: Lambert Rammer, Gernot Stelzer, Martin Kern
Description: To date, the only available structures for mitigating avalanches in motion in the track or run-out zones of avalanches have been rigid structures such...
Object ID: issw-2009-0548-0552.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protective structure, snow net system, force measurements
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Title: Snow Water Studies and Comparative Electromagentic Measurements in the Austrian Alps: A 15 Year Field Study
Date: 2006
Authors: A. Denoth
Description: Various methods for measuring the liquid water content of a natural snow cover have been tested extensively under field conditions: hot- and freezing ...
Object ID: issw-2006-389-392.pdf
Keywords: snow physics, electromagnetic properties, hydraulic properties, snow texture
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Title: On Avalanche Measurements at the Norwegian Full-Scale Test-Site Ryggfonn
Date: 2006
Authors: Peter Gauer, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen
Description: Avalanche measurements and observations that were carried out at the Ryggfonn test site, Norway, on 16 April 2005 are analyzed. The data include pulse...
Object ID: issw-2006-086-091.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, full-scale measurements, velocity, acceleration, impact pressure, shear stress
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Title: Modeling and Validation of Snow Redistribution by Wind
Date: 2006
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. Mérindol
Description: As part of the effort of the Centre d'Etudes de la Neige - Météo-France (Snow Research Centre), for the improvement in modeling snow cover evolu...
Object ID: issw-2006-820-828.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, modeling, in-situ validation
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Title: Analysis of the Effectiveness of Geophysical Methods in the Locating of Snow Avalanche Victims
Date: 2004
Authors: D. Klepacki, N.J. Dimick, M. Wennogle
Description: Hundreds of people worldwide are killed in snow avalanches each year. (Adkins, CAIC) A small percentage of victims remain missing after the use of tra...
Object ID: issw-2004-389-398.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, victim recovery, ground penetrating radar (gpr), electromagnetic
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Title: New Observation Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States
Date: 2004
Authors: E. M. Greene, K. W. Birkeland, K. Elder, G. Johnson, C. Landry, I. McCammon, M. Moore, D. Sharaf, C. Sterbenz, B. Tremper, K. Williams
Description: For over 35 years avalanche workers in the United States used observations described on “the blue and green sheets” published by the USDA ...
Object ID: issw-2004-161-164.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, meteorology, measurement, observation, education
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Title: World Record 24 Hr. Snowfall
Date: 2004
Authors: Doug Richmond, Jerry Hance
Description: On December 26th – 27th, 2003 Bridger Bowl Ski Area located 17 miles north of Bozeman, MT. Received a world record 24 hr. snowfall. This resul...
Object ID: issw-2004-279.pdf
Keywords: routes, records, snowfall, measurments, safety
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Title: In-Situ Measurements to Test CrocusMepra PC Tool
Date: 2002
Authors: Cecile CoIeou, Gerald Giraud, Yves Lejeune
Description: Since the 1999/2000 winter season, the Snow Research Centre ofMeteo-France (CEN) has carried out various snow measurements in a new observation site. ...
Object ID: issw-2002-277-283.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, avalanche forecasting, computer tool, snow stratigraphy
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Title: In-Situ Observations and Snowdrift Modeling on Alpine Topography
Date: 2002
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. Merindol
Description: Recently, the Snow Study Centre (Meteo-France, CNRM) has begun to develop some new tools for the modeling of snowdrift in order to improve the avalanc...
Object ID: issw-2002-590-596.pdf
Keywords: snow drifting, alpine experimental site, snowdrift modeling, snow cover distribution
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Title: Preliminary Tests and Evaluation of a Digital Snow Board
Date: 2000
Authors: Robert E. Davis, Jerry Johnson, Walter Rosenthal
Description: Measurement of snowfall by automatic sensors in alpine and subalpine conditions has proven difficult. Those who require observations of snow loading h...
Object ID: issw-2000-396-401.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, snow accumulation, snow measurements
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