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Title: Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2012; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Wet snow avalanches pose a problem for annual spring road opening operations along the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) in Glacier National Park, Montana,...; Object ID: issw-2012-884-891.pdf; Keywords: wet snow avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Safe Haven At Road Sides Near Avalache Prone Sites: Date: 2010; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson; Description: Snow avalanches cause threat to road traffic in mountainous areas in Iceland in wintertime. One or more vehicles are hit by avalanches every year but ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-049.pdf; Keywords: road traffic, avalanches, avalanche accidents, safe area; View additional details about Safe Haven At Road Sides Near Avalache Prone Sites

Title: Human Factors in Avalanche Avoidance and Survival: Consequences of Violating the Rules of Safe Travel: Date: 2010; Authors: Bob Uttl, Kelly L. Kisinger, Joanna McDouall, Christina Mitchell, Jan Uttl; Description: Using hundreds of historical avalanche accident records from USA and Canada, we examined human factors â€“ avalanche victims' behavior prior to,...; Object ID: ISSW_P-042.pdf; Keywords: human factors, avalanche accidents, avalanche avoidance, avalanche survival; View additional details about Human Factors in Avalanche Avoidance and Survival: Consequences of Violating the Rules of Safe Travel

Title: Characterizing Wet Slab and Glide Slab Avalanche Occurrence Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2010; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre, Blase Reardon; Description: Wet slab and glide slab snow avalanches are dangerous and yet can be particularly difficult to predict. Both wet slab and glide slab avalanches are th...; Object ID: ISSW_P-066.pdf; Keywords: wet slab, going to-the-sun road, snotel site, free water, snowpack; View additional details about Characterizing Wet Slab and Glide Slab Avalanche Occurrence Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: A Historical Analysis of the Stanley Avalanche Area with Implications for Predicting Road-Hit Avalanches, Berthoud Pass, Colorado: Date: 2010; Authors: Matthew Primomo, Mark W. Williams; Description: The Stanley avalanche area is commonly regarded as one of the most dangerous to impact a roadway in the state of Colorado. Weather and snowpack struct...; Object ID: ISSW_P-071.pdf; Keywords: berthoud pass, snowpack, forecast, wind patterns, precipitation; View additional details about A Historical Analysis of the Stanley Avalanche Area with Implications for Predicting Road-Hit Avalanches, Berthoud Pass, Colorado

Title: The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway: Date: 2010; Authors: Peter Gauer, Hedda Breien, Dieter Issler, Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm, Erik Lied, Karstein Lied; Description: Measurements of full-scale avalanches are expensive and time consuming, but are indispensable to gain in-depth understanding of the flow behavior of a...; Object ID: ISSW_P-084.pdf; Keywords: test site, catching dam, runout zone, slf full-scale tests; View additional details about The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway

Title: Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2010; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas; Description: Snow avalanche paths are key geomorphologic features in Glacier National Park, Montana, and an important component of mountain ecosystems: they are is...; Object ID: ISSW_P-098.pdf; Keywords: google earth, geographic information systems (gis), glacier national park, montana, biodiversity, atlas; View additional details about Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Snow and Weather Conditions Study for the Avalanches on the Lautaret Pass Road (French Alps): Date: 2009; Authors: Daniel Goetz; Description: This study aims at characterizing snow and weather conditions typical of avalanche events on the Lautaret pass road. Historical data of avalanche obs...; Object ID: issw-2009-0433-0437.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, lautaret pass road, snow and weather conditions, climatology, expert rules; View additional details about Snow and Weather Conditions Study for the Avalanches on the Lautaret Pass Road (French Alps)

Title: Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the VallÃ©e 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; View additional details about Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the VallÃ©e de la Sionne Test Site

Title: Avalanche Protection for Construction Site: Date: 2009; Authors: Thomas Rentsch, Ruedi StÃ¼ssi; Description: â€œLinthal 2015â€ is as more than 1.5 billion project in the eastern Alps of Switzerland to expand an existing hydro power plant. Several con...; Object ID: issw-2009-0592-0596.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, prevention, artificial release, working site, avalanche blasting; View additional details about Avalanche Protection for Construction Site

Title: Graphical Techniques for Teaching Public Bulletin Interpretation: Date: 2004; Authors: Niko Weis, Steven Conger; Description: Review and interpretation of the public avalanche bulletin is recommended by numerous how-to avalanche safety manuals and recreational avalanche educa...; Object ID: issw-2004-556.pdf; Keywords: safety, bulletin, methodology, travel plan; View additional details about Graphical Techniques for Teaching Public Bulletin Interpretation

Title: Estimating Avalanche Runout on the Milford Road, New Zealand: Date: 2002; Authors: H. Conway, W. Carran, A. Carran; Description: For operational purposes it is of interest to determine when and whether an avalanche will affect the road. The size and runout of an avalanche depend...; Object ID: issw-2002-067-070.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanches, runout distances; View additional details about Estimating Avalanche Runout on the Milford Road, New Zealand

Title: Application of Snow Models to Snow Removal Operations on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park: Date: 2000; Authors: Daniel B. Fagre, Frederick L. Klasner; Description: Snow removal, and the attendant avalanche risk for road crews, is a major issue on mountain highways worldwide. The Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only...; Object ID: issw-2000-266-272.pdf; Keywords: snow plowing, snow models, glacier national park, mountain highways; View additional details about Application of Snow Models to Snow Removal Operations on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park

Title: Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales: Date: 2000; Authors: Florence Bouvet-Naaim, Yves Durand, Mohamed Naaim, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Jean-Luc Michaux, Laurent Merindol; Description: For about ten winter seasons, the CEN and the CEMAGREF, two French laboratories involved in snow research, have performed intensive field measurement ...; Object ID: issw-2000-302-308.pdf; Keywords: drifting snow, wind, experimental site, measurement, numerical model; View additional details about Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales

Title: Overview of the 1999 Measurements at the SLF Test-Site Vallee De La Sionne: Date: 2000; Authors: Francois Dufour, Urs Gruber, Perry Bartelt, Walter J. Ammann; Description: Three large avalanches were artificially triggered on January 30th, February 10th and February 25th 1999, at the Vallee de la Sionne test site of the ...; Object ID: issw-2000-527-534.pdf; Keywords: avalanche deposits, avalanche dynamics, avalanche modelling, avalanche velocities, impact forces, avalanche experiments, avalanche forces; View additional details about Overview of the 1999 Measurements at the SLF Test-Site Vallee De La Sionne

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