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- Title: Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Jamie Yount, Rand Decker, Robert Rice, Leroy (Ted) Wells
- Description: Snow sails are a form of passive avalanche starting zone defense. A deployment
of snow sails work to disrupt the formation of continuous, coherent wi...
- Object ID: issw-2004-705-710.pdf
- Keywords: passive avalanche mitigation, avalanche engineering, transportation
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- Title: Projects for Past Avalanche Observation and Zoning in France, After 1999 Catastrophic Avalanches
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Laurent Bélanger, Yves Cassayre
- Description: In 1999, several huge avalanches caused catastrophes in the Alps, particularly in Chamonix (France). Following these events, several programs were imp...
- Object ID: issw-2004-416-421.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, observation, survey, investigation, mapping, hazard
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Investigations, Ordinances, and Zoning, Salt Lake County, Utah
- Date: 2004
- Authors: David A. Scroggin, L. Darlene Batatian
- Description: This presentation will discuss the development of an Avalanche Hazard Ordinance for Salt Lake County, Utah. The ordinance was enacted after recognitio...
- Object ID: issw-2004-435-440.pdf
- Keywords: zoning, ordinance, slope analysis, hillside development, hazards, government approvals
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- Title: Operating System for the Defense of the Access to the Somport's International Tunnel, Barranco De Secras Avalanche Path, Central Pyrenees, Spain
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Antonio Sarasa Brosed, Glòria Furdada Bellavista, Rafael Lopez Guarga
- Description: The operating system for the defense of the access to the Somport’s international
tunnel (Spain-France) in the Huesca Central Pyrenees is pres...
- Object ID: issw-2004-639.pdf
- Keywords: paths, starting zones, seismic detection sensors, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: The Use of Flexible Prevention Systems in Avalanche Starting Zones
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Steve Mumma
- Description: The installation of supporting structures in avalanche starting zones is a mitigation
measure that has been effectively used for many years. These sy...
- Object ID: issw-2004-681.pdf
- Keywords: starting zones, terrain, mitigation
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- Title: Spatial Variability of Slab Stability in Avalanche Start Zones
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Kyle Stewart, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Spatial variability of slab stability in avalanche start zones has been observed by avalanche professionals but little research has been published tha...
- Object ID: issw-2002-544-548.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability, stability tests, avalanches, spatial variability
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- Title: New Method for Classification of Avalanche Paths with Risks
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Francois Rapin, Maurice Meunier, Robert Bolognesi
- Description: After the Chamonix-Montroc avalanche event in February 1999, the French Ministry
of the environment wanted to engage a new examination of the "sensit...
- Object ID: issw-2002-577-578.pdf
- Keywords: risk, zoning, avalanche, paths
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- Title: Snow Depth Measurements in Avalanche Starting Zones
- Date: 2000
- Authors: Magnus Mar Magnusso, Jon Gunnar Egilsson, Oddur Petursson
- Description: In the last few years, Iceland has started an extensive programme to build avalanche defense structuresfor threatened towns and villages. Part of thos...
- Object ID: issw-2000-417-423.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche starting zones, snow depth, snow mapping, acoustic depth sensors, laser distometers
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- Title: Avalanches and Mountain Forests in the Stubai Valle (Tyrol)
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Peter Holler
- Description: The paper deals with the problem of avalanche formation and avalanche tracks in mountain forests. Especially the defoliation of trees in protection fo...
- Object ID: issw-1996-117b.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, weak layer, formation, starting zones
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- Title: Test of a Multiplex Snow-Depth Sensor Along a Down Slope
- Date: 1996
- Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, L. Merindol, M. Sudul
- Description: For 2 years, the CEN (Centre d'Etudes de la Neige - Snow Study Centre) has been making snow depth measurements on a location of avalanche starting zon...
- Object ID: issw-1996-173-178.pdf
- Keywords: automatic snow-depth profile, erosion rate, wind effect
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- Title: The Remote Monitoring of Avalanche Activity
- Date: 1996
- Authors: G. Statham, A. Wilson, J. Kelly, R. Bilak
- Description: Observing and recording avalanche activity is one of the most important factors when assessing snow stability and preparing a forecast. This informati...
- Object ID: issw-1996-198-199.pdf
- Keywords: starting zones, path, snow stability
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- Title: Avalanche Modeling in France - Theory and Applications
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Gerard Brugnot, Jean Claude Charry
- Description: First, this paper succinctly describes our numerical powder snow avalanche model. Then, an application of this model is presented in the frame of an a...
- Object ID: issw-1996-239-243.pdf
- Keywords: model, risk, avalanche
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- Title: Weather and Snowpack Conditions Essential to Slushflow Release and Downslope Propagation
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Erik Hestnes, Steinar Bakkelwi, Frode Sandersen, Lars Andresen
- Description: Rapid mass movement of water-saturated snow, usually known as slushflow or slush avalanche, is a major natural hazard in Norway. Slushflows occur in w...
- Object ID: issw-1994-040-057.pdf
- Keywords: slushflow, depth hoar, grained snowpacks
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- Title: Terrain Parameters of Avalanche Starting Zones and Their Effect on Avalanche Frequency
- Date: 1994
- Authors: J. Andrew Gleason
- Description: Avalanche frequency data for 44 avalanche paths on Lone Mountain in southwest Montana were correlated with data on the terrain features of avalanche s...
- Object ID: issw-1994-393-404.pdf
- Keywords: starting zones, terrain, artificial release, artificial release
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- Title: Snow Creep Movement in the San Juan Mountain Snowpack Red Mountain Pass
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Walter Walker
- Description: During the winter of 1992/93 and 1993/94 an attempt was made to measure and document the amount of snow creep on a north-facing slope near the St. Pau...
- Object ID: issw-1994-408-413.pdf
- Keywords: snow growth, snowpack, accelerated creep
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