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- Title: Using Near Infrared Photography to Link Spatial Patterns in Stratigraphy with Stability
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Edward Bair
- Description: A majority of avalanche research has focused on persistent layers. In comparison, we know very little about non-persistent weak layers despite their p...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-008.pdf
- Keywords: near infrared photography, spatial patterns, stratigraphy, stability
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- Title: A Comparison of Avalanche Survival Patterns in Canada and Switzerland
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Markus Falk, Hermann Brugger, Hans-Jürg Etter, Jeff Boyd
- Description: The survival pattern of completely buried individuals in open terrain has been depicted in the avalanche survival curve, which displays probability of...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-059.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche survival, asphyxia, trauma, snow climate, rescue regime
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- Title: Practical Methods for Using Vegetation Patterns to Estimate Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Sara E. Simonson, Ethan M. Greene, Steven R. Fassnacht, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Chris C. Landry
- Description: Practitioners working in avalanche terrain can benefit from learning about and
characterizing the avalanche paths that they are dealing with. A worke...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-045.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche path vegetation, plant species diversity, tree-ring analyses, disturbance ecology
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- Title: Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Snow Depth Changes in a Steep Rock Face
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Vanessa Wirz, Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning
- Description: To understand snow distribution in steep rock walls a high resolution terrestrial laser
scanner (TLS) was used to achieve precise snow height digital...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0155-0159.pdf
- Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth changes, rock face, snow distribution
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- Title: Avalanche Patterns as Aid in Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Patrick Nairz
- Description: Everyone who deals with avalanches over long periods of time automatically draws upon that experience when determining avalanche hazards. The principl...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0389-0390.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche pattern, avalanche forecasting, decision making
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- Title: Lidar Measurement of Snow Depth: Accuracy and Error Sources
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Jeffrey S. Deems , Thomas H. Painter
- Description: Airborne laser altimetry (lidar) is a remote sensing technology that holds tremendous promise for mapping snow depth in snow hydrology and avalanche a...
- Object ID: issw-2006-330-338.pdf
- Keywords: lidar, snow depth, remote sensing, spatial variability
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- Title: Assessment of Spatial Correlation Structure of Penetration Resistance of Snow Layers Using Random Field Theory and its Implication for Snow Stability
- Date: 2006
- Authors: P.K. Srivastava, A. Chaudhary, P.K. Satyawali
- Description: Avalanche researchers have long recognized that stability information from
specific snow pits may or may not represent the stability conditions on th...
- Object ID: issw-2006-349-358.pdf
- Keywords: spatial correlation structure, snowmicropen, cellular automata
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- Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen
- Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...
- Object ID: issw-2006-925-933.pdf
- Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change
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- Title: Spatial Variability -- So What?
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Jürg Schwizer, Kalle Kronholm, J. Bruce Jamieson, Karl W. Birkeland
- Description: Since the landmark papers of Conway and Abrahamson many studies have tried quantify spatial variability. Many different methods have been used and the...
- Object ID: issw-2006-365-376.pdf
- Keywords: radiation, wind, forecasting, snow stability
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- Title: Spatial Variability of Some Snow Characteristics on a Slope and Interpretation of Measurements for Snow Stability Assessment
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Pavel Chernous, Yuri Fedorenko, Nikolay Barashev
- Description: Snow thickness, density, shear strength and temperature are analyzed. Spatial distributions of the snow characteristics are considered as random field...
- Object ID: issw-2006-339-348.pdf
- Keywords: snow characteristics spatial variability, accuracy estimations, measurements' interpretation, simulation
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- Title: Spatial Variability of the Snowpack: Experiences with Measurements at a Wide Range of Length Scales With Several Different High Precision Instruments
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Hans Peter Marshall, Gary Koh, Matthew Sturm, Jerome Johnson, Mike Demuth, Chris Landry, Jeff Deems, Andy Gleason
- Description: Snow exhibits an extremely wide range of material properties over both short spatial as well as temporal scales compared with most other materials. Re...
- Object ID: issw-2006-359-364.pdf
- Keywords: spatial variability, radar, penetrometer, snow depth, snow instrumentation
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- Title: Spatial Variability – So What?
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Kalle Kronholm, J. Bruce Jamieson, Karl W. Birkeland
- Description: Since the landmark papers of Conway and Abrahamson many studies have tried to quantify spatial variability. Many different methods have been used and ...
- Object ID: issw-2006-365-376.pdf
- Keywords: snow mechanical properties, snow slope stability evaluation, avalanche formation, avalanche forecasting, spatial variability, numerical modeling
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- Title: High Resolution Tree-Ring Based Spatial Reconstructions of Snow Avalanche Activity in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Gregory T. Pederson, Blase A. Reardon, Christian J. Caruso, Daniel B. Fagre
- Description: Effective design of avalanche hazard mitigation measures requires long-term records of natural avalanche frequency and extent. Such records are also v...
- Object ID: issw-2006-436-443.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche history, tree-rings, kriging, return periods
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- Title: Holistic Geographical Visualization of Spatial Data with Applications in Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Phoebe B. McNeally, Harvey J. Miller
- Description: Avalanche forecasters face ever increasing pressure to make more informed
decisions and accurate predictions. Decisions often are made very quickly a...
- Object ID: issw-2006-478-482.pdf
- Keywords: geographic visualization, avalanche forecasting, spatial decision support system
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- Title: A Comparison of the Spatial Patterns of Penetration Resistance of Slabs and Weak Layers
- Date: 2004
- Authors: K. Birkeland, K. Kronholm
- Description: Several studies have quantified the spatial variability of snow stability and structure
on specific slopes. One consequence of such spatial variabili...
- Object ID: issw-2004-287.pdf
- Keywords: pattern, weak layer, slab, grain, snow stability
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