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- Title: Seismic Responses of Snowpack on a Slope in a Vibration Experiment and Suggestion of the Method Estimating of Earthquake-Induced Avalanche Occurrences
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Yusuke Harada, Wataru Takahashi, Satoshi Omiya, Hiroki Matsushita, Takahiro Chiba, Masaru Matsuzawa
- Description: A vibration experiment was conducted to understand the seismic response of the snowpack on a slope. The following were found. 1) The dynamic magnifica...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.43.pdf
- Keywords: vibration experiment, snowpack on a slope, seismic response
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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: 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: 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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- Title: Tracking Melt-Freeze Crust Evolution in Val d’Aran (Catalan Pyrenees)
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Jon Apodaka, Montserrat Bacardit, Iván Moner, Jordi Gavaldá
- Description: In the Pyrenees, melt-freeze and wind crusts are a very common element in the snow cover. Such layers have an important role in both dry and wet slab ...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-03.pdf
- Keywords: melt-freeze crust, tracking, evolution, nivology, val d’aran, pyrenees
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- Title: Linking Weather Conditions to Snow Property Variations
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: One of the challenges to modern avalanche forecasting is to enhance the forecasts’ content with information on how snow instability varies in t...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-08.pdf
- Keywords: snow microstructure, snow properties, fracture, snow stability, spatial variability, weather
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- Title: Ash and Snow, Impact on the Avalanche Hazard of Ash Layers in the Snowpack
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Cedric Larcher, Diego Seba
- Description: On the 4th of June 2011, the Cordon del Caulle Volcano situated in the Chilean Andes
exploded sending a huge amount of ash and volcanic material into...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-05.pdf
- Keywords: ash, volcano, avalanche, snow, snowpack, stability
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- Title: Collecting Snow Measurements with Ushahidi: Arpa Piemonte Experience During Winter 2013
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: R. Cremonini, A. R. Gaeta, E. Solero, R. Pispico, M. Faletto, M.C, Prola, S. Barbero
- Description: Accurate and updated measurements are critical for snow stability conditions assessment and avalanche risk evaluation. Recently, Arpa Piemonte has cus...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-43.pdf
- Keywords: snow measurements, smartphone app, geo-referred information
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- Title: On Estimating Avalanche Danger From Simulated Snow Profiles
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Estimating avalanche danger is the primary goal of avalanche warning services. Typically avalanche danger is estimated based on a variety of informati...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-01.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche warning, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, snowpack, snow cover simulations, numerical weather prediction, data sparse areas
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- Title: SNOWPACK: Where Do We Stand Today?
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Charles Fierz, Mathias Bavay, Nander Wever, Michael Lehning
- Description: We present both snow depth and precipitation driven simulations of the snow cover at Weissfluhjoch, 2540 m a.s.l., near Davos, Switzerland. We perform...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-03.pdf
- Keywords: snow, snow settlement, snow-cover modelling
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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: Effect of High Elevation Birch Forest on Snow Stability
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Hedda Breien, Øyvind A. Høydal
- Description: Forest and especially evergreen conifers like pine and spruce are known to reduce
avalanche formation due to their physical anchoring effect and thei...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-05.pdf
- Keywords: birch, deciduous forest, protection forest, avalanche, anchoring effect
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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: Can Near Real-Time Avalanche Occurrence Data Improve Avalanche Forecasting?
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen
- Description: Avalanche forecasting is by large data driven – and experience-based. Snow instability data, which are of crucial importance, are scarce and of...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-10.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche forecasting, avalanche occurrence
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