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- Title: Will There (Still) Be Snow for the Upcoming Winter Holidays? On the Conditional Predictability of Snow Conditions Several Weeks to Months in Advance
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Cecile Coleou, Yves Lejeune
- Description: Modern societies increasingly require anticipation capabilities in virtually all aspects of human life, including snow conditions in mountain regions,...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-12.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack modelling, predictability, seasonal forecast
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- Title: Measuring Acoustic Emissions in an Avalanche Starting Zone to Monitor Snow Stability
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Evaluating snowpack stability still involves time-consuming and labour-intensive manual tests; in dangerous or remote areas performing such tests migh...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-14.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche release, snow stability evaluation, acoustic emission, precursor
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- Title: Evaluation of an Avalanche Triggered by a Local Earthquake at the Vallée de la Sionne (Switzerland) Experimental Site
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: C. Pérez- Guillén, E. Suriñach, G. Furdada, M. Hiller, M. Tapia
- Description: The snow avalanche group of the University of Barcelona in a collaboration with the SLF (Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos (Suiza)) mon...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-08.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, earthquake, seismic data, infrasound, snow stability factor
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- Title: Avalanche Risk Management in Winter 2012/13 in Monterosa Ski Resort – Aosta Valley (IT)
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Prola A., Welf A., Durand N., Frigo B., Dellavedova P., Segor V.
- Description: Monterosa Ski is one of the most important resorts in the North/West Italian Alps. Extending through three valleys in two regions (Aosta Valley and Pi...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-15.pdf
- Keywords: ski resort, avalanche, risk management
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- Title: Long-Term (Climatological) to Short-Term (Intensive Campaigns) Field Investigations of Meteorological and Snow Conditions at the Experimental Site Col de Porte
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Samuel Morin, Yves Lejeune, Jean-Michel Panel, Bernard Lesaffre, Laurent Pezard, Carlo Carmagnola, Marie Dumont, Thomas Condom, Romain Biron, Jean-Paul Laurent, Ghislain Picard, Didier Voisin, Laurent Arnaud, Christophe Genthon, Luc Piard, Quentin Libois, Paul Carrier, Frédéric Gottardi
- Description: The Col de Porte field station located in the mountains at 1325 m altitude near
Grenoble, France, performs snow and meteorological monitoring for ove...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-27.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack observations, meteorological observations, physical properties of snow
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- Title: An Integrated System to Assess Snow Forces on Avalanche Defense Structures From Snow-Gliding: La Tour Test Site - Aosta Valley (IT)
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: V. De Biagi, M. Barbero, F. Barpi, M. Borri Brunetto, E. Bovet, B. Chiaia, B. Frigo, O. Pallara, M. Maggioni, E. Ceaglio, M. Freppaz, D. Viglietti, E. Zanini, V. Segor
- Description: A new test site devoted to the measurement of the effects of snow-gliding on active defense structures has been conceived and built in Aosta Valley, n...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-31.pdf
- Keywords: snow gliding, snow load, avalanche defense structures, snow umbrellas, integrated approach
- View additional details about An Integrated System to Assess Snow Forces on Avalanche Defense Structures From Snow-Gliding: La Tour Test Site - Aosta Valley (IT)
- Title: Stability Tests and Their Association With the Local Avalanche Danger
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Shane Haladuick, Michael Schirmer, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The avalanche forecast regions in Canada range from 100 to 30,000 km2, far larger than the 10 km2 covered in a typical backcountry day. This differenc...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-01.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche danger, compression test, rutschblock test, avalanche problem, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Adaptation of Current Modeled Snow Covers and Avalanche Hazards to Future Climate According Several RCM Scenarii: Application to French Alps
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: G. Giraud, Y. Durand, M. Rousselot, L. Mérindol, I. Dombrowski-Etchevers, M. Déqué, H. Castebrunet, et N.Eckert
- Description: This paper presents parts of the results of the SCAMPEI ANR project. In this project,
snowpack scenarios are modelled across the French Alps using dy...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-22.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, modelling, snowpack, avalanche risk
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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, Jiřà Pavlásek, Jan Blahůt, Petr BaÅ¡ta, ZbynÄ›k Klose, VÃtÄ›slav 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: Analysis of Detected Avalanches by Using Meteorological Data of Nearby Monitoring Stations in Ischgl Austria
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Lisa Jöbstl, Arnold Studeregger, Arnulf Wurzer, Daniel Stock, Richard Koschuh
- Description: A set of detected avalanches from January to April 2012 on a hillside southeast of Ischgl, Austria is given. The avalanches are off-the-cut or caused ...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-17.pdf
- Keywords: detected avalanches, meteorological weather stations, avalanche danger, snow pack
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- Title: Avalanches Induced by Earthquake in North Tochigi Prefecture on 25 February 2013
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Shinji Ikeda, Yasuhiko Ito, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
- Description: We have investigated characteristics of avalanches induced by the North Tochigi Prefecture earthquake with magnitude of 6.3 on February 2012 in Japan ...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-41.pdf
- Keywords: earthquake-induced avalanches, snow pit observation, stability index
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- Title: Experiences from a Heavy Avalanche Season 2013, Caused by a Weak Snow Layer, and Leading to Several Road Closures in Northern Norway
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Silje S. Haaland, Jeanette Kvalvaagnes, Ole-André Helgaas
- Description: During the last week of March and first days of April 2013 a significant large number of avalanches hit roads and cut off all infrastructures to sever...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-58.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, avalanche, weak layers, norway
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