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Title: Modeling and Visualizing Avalanche Flow Using Genetic Algorithms and OpenGL
Date: 2012
Authors: Donna Delparte, Michael Peterson, Jahrain Jackson, John Perkins
Description: Simulating snow avalanche flow with numerical models and digital elevation model (DEM) data has allowed snow scientists to better understand flow mov...
Object ID: issw-2012-439-443.pdf
Keywords: snow simulation, terrain, genetic algorithm, runout
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Title: Evaluation of Norwegian Snow Pillow Stations
Date: 2010
Authors: Elise Trondsen, Knut Møen
Description: As 50 percent of annual precipitation falls as snow in Norway access to real time snow data - including snow water equivalent (SWE) - is of great impo...
Object ID: ISSW_P-015.pdf
Keywords: nve, snow pillow, norway, antifreezes, swe
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Title: Modelling the Spatial Moments of SWE, Taking into Account Changes in Snow Free Areas
Date: 2010
Authors: Thomas Skaugen, Frode Randen
Description: In a previous paper, a method for estimating the spatial frequency distribution of snow water equivalent (SWE) was put forward. The accumulate snow re...
Object ID: ISSW_P-025.pdf
Keywords: swe, gamma distributed variables, hysteretic effect, spatial distribution
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Title: Numerical Modeling of Liquid Water Movement in Snow Cover
Date: 2009
Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato
Description: Liquid water movement in snow cover is an important aspect of wet snow metamorphism, and understanding it is vital for forecasting wet snow avalanches...
Object ID: issw-2009-0252-0255.pdf
Keywords: water transport model, capillary pressure, hydraulic conductivity, numerical snowpack model
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Title: Trends in Annual Maximum Snow Water Equivalent in South-Norway (1914 - 2008)
Date: 2009
Authors: Heidi Bache Stranden, Thomas Skaugen
Description: Since 1915, snow has been measured annually at expected snow maximum in Norway in relation to power production and flood forecasting. Analysis of ann...
Object ID: issw-2009-0224-0228.pdf
Keywords: snow water equivalent, trends, climate change, south norway
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Title: Measuring the water retention curve of snow
Date: 2009
Authors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsuhima, Atsushi Sato, Toshiro Kumakura
Description: The water retention curve (WRC), which shows the relationship between the volumetric water content and matric potential, is a fundamental part of the ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0244-0247.pdf
Keywords: water retention curve, water transportation, van genuchten model
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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: Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
Date: 2009
Authors: Matteo Pagliardi, Massimiliano Barbolini, Paolo Corradeghini, Francesco Ferro
Description: An innovative methodology to perform avalanche hazard mapping that combines open source GIS tools, expert rules, computational routines, and statisti...
Object ID: issw-2009-0468-0471.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, grass geographic information systems (gis), flow-routing algorithm, run-out angle
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Title: Avalanche Simulation With SAMOS-AT
Date: 2009
Authors: Peter Sampl, Matthias Granig
Description: The simulation software SAMOS for dry snow avalanches has been used by the Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control since 1999. The software...
Object ID: issw-2009-0519-0523.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, simulation, dense flow avalanches, powder avalanches
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Title: Chute Experiments on Slushflow Dynamics
Date: 2006
Authors: C. Jaedicke, M. A. Kern, P. Gauer, M.A. Baillifard, K. Platzer
Description: Slushflows are gravity mass flows consisting of a mixture of snow and water, which exhibit considerable damage potential for endangered areas. Small ...
Object ID: issw-2006-139-147.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, flow dynamics, scale experiments
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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: Investigations of New Economical Designs of “Thick Snow Fences” to Preserve Snow for Maximum Water Conservation
Date: 2006
Authors: Erica David
Description: What are effects of snow fences on interception of snow? Snow is a vital consideration as potential water conservation method during drought. Dense dr...
Object ID: issw-2006-545-554.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, interception, drifting snow, snow fences, water conservation
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Title: Avalanche Risk Evalution with Practical Suggestions for Risk Minimisation: A Case Study of the Milford Road, New Zealand
Date: 2006
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Ian Owens, Wayne Carran, Ann Carran
Description: This paper examines two methods for risk evaluation in a case study for the Milford Road, New Zealand. These results are then used to quantify the eff...
Object ID: issw-2006-757-767.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard index, traffic, milford road, new zealand
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Title: A Vegetation Study Concerning Effects of Branch Characteristics on Interception of Falling Snow
Date: 2006
Authors: Erica David
Description: What are effects of trees and shrubs on interception of snow? Interception of falling snow by conifer trees and sagebrush shrubs can increase loss of ...
Object ID: issw-2006-868-875.pdf
Keywords: vegetation, branch resistance, interception, sublimation, water conservation
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Title: As the Snow Goes, A Multivariable Study of Factors that Affect Loss of Snow
Date: 2004
Authors: Erica David
Description: What are effects of environmental factors on sublimation of snow pack? There is a need to retain winter’s snow pack to improve water supply dur...
Object ID: issw-2004-022-031.pdf
Keywords: intercepted snow, branch resistance, sublimation, snow pack, water supply
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