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- Title: Decision Making In Avalanche Terrain the Extended 3*3 Method
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: François-Xavier Cierco, and Sébastien Escande
- Description: Safety of outdoor activities in avalanche terrain is mainly addressed thanks to risk management procedures or individual behaviour analyses. It result...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-12.pdf
- Keywords: decision process, risk analysis, 3*3 method, human factors, avalanche
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- Title: A Relative Difference Approach to Detect Potential Weak Layers Within a Snow Profile
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Fabiano Monti, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Reducing the subjectivity of stability evaluation derived from snow profiles and increasing the spatial and temporal resolution of snow stratigraphy i...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-30.pdf
- Keywords: snow stratigraphy, snow profile, snow stability evaluation
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- Title: Snow Profile Visualisations to Highlight Structural Instability Conditions
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Fabiano Monti, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Interpreting snow profiles is a fairly subjective process, especially when snow stratigraphy was recorded without performing a stability test at the s...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-31.pdf
- Keywords: snow stratigraphy, snow profile, snow stability evaluation
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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: A Snow Stratigraphy Comparison with the Ramsonde and Thin-Blade Penetrometer
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Christopher DeVito, Andrea Tupy, Brandon Gonzales
- Description: Variations in snow density and bond strength throughout a seasonal snow pack play a major role in the formation of avalanches. Various mechanisms and ...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-28.pdf
- Keywords: ramsonde, thin-blade penetrometer, tool comparison
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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: The Effect of Spatial Variations of Snowpack Properties on Snow Slope Stability: A Mechanically-Based Statistical Approach
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Johan Gaume, Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim
- Description: The spatial variability of snowpack properties has an important impact on snow slope
stability and thus on avalanche formation. Hence, the determinat...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-07.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche release, slab, weak layer, spatial variability, slope stability
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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: Using High-Speed Video to Better Understand Extended Column Tests
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen
- Description: Extended Column Tests (ECTs) have become increasingly popular for assessing snowpack stability. However, we still do not fully understand what happen...
- Object ID: issw-2012-098-103.pdf
- Keywords: extended column test, propagation saw test, snowpack stability test,
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- Title: The Underestimated Role of the Stauchwall in Full-Depth Avalanche Release
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Perry Bartelt, Christine Pielmeier, Stefan Margreth, Stephan Harvey, Thomas Stucki
- Description: During the winter 2011/12 the Swiss Alps experienced repeated cycles with high activity of snow gliding and full-depth avalanches. Up to 8 m deep glid...
- Object ID: issw-2012-127-133.pdf
- Keywords: snow gliding, full-depth avalanche, compacted zone,
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- Title: Avalanche Analysis and Management in the Ski Resort Rosa Khutor Regarding the 2014 Sochi Olympics Games
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Fanny Bourjaillat, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Stefan Margreth, Leonid Andreev, Alexander Boyko, Jean-Luc Vallier
- Description: The 2014 winter Olympics games will take place in Russia near Sochi in the Caucasus
Mountains. Several sites have been retained there: both close to ...
- Object ID: issw-2012-134-141.pdf
- Keywords: olympics games, avalanche study, avalanche management
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- Title: Nowcast With a Forescast – Snow Cover Simulations on Slopes
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The snow cover model SNOWPACK simulates the snow cover formation and evolution
based on meteorological parameters. In the past, these parameters were...
- Object ID: issw-2012-172-178.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, snow cover modeling, avalanche warning, numerical weather prediction models, snow cover stratigraphy, model output statistics
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