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Title: Temperature Gradient Metamorphism is Not a Classical Coarsening Process
Date: 2009
Authors: Bernd Pinzer, Martin Schneebeli
Description: The current understanding of snow metamorphism distinguishes two classes: equi-temperature metamorphism and temperature gradient metamorphism. The for...
Object ID: issw-2009-0058-0061.pdf
Keywords: temperature gradient, metamorphism, grain growth, vapor flux
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Title: The SM4 Snowpack Temperature and Snow Depth Sensor
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Örn Ingólfsson, Harpa Grímsdóttir
Description: An instrument for measuring snow depth and snow temperature has been developed by POLS engineering in Iceland. The goal was to develop a simple, robus...
Object ID: P__8174.pdf
Keywords: snow depth sensor, avalanche monitoring, snowpack temperature
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Title: Snow Climatology of the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Date: 2006
Authors: Susan Burak, David Walker
Description: The Sierra Nevada mountain range of California lies between 35° and 40° N latitude and is located within 320 km (200 miles) of the Pacific Ocea...
Object ID: issw-2006-851-859.pdf
Keywords: eastern sierra, snowpack climatology, temperature gradient, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Fuzzy Modeling of the Snowpack Evolution
Date: 2006
Authors: P. Carrara, M. Freppaz, M. Maggioni, P. Piccini, E. Zanini
Description: The assessment of snow conditions and transformations is an important task; it is included in the more general field of environmental monitoring in m...
Object ID: issw-2006-130.pdf
Keywords: snow metamorphism, fuzzy sets, temperature environment, soft thresholds
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Title: Measuring Near-Surface Snow Temperature Changes Over Terrain
Date: 2006
Authors: Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The energy balance at the snow surface results in substantial diurnal temperature fluctuations within the top portion of the snowpack. These temperat...
Object ID: issw-2006-377-386.pdf
Keywords: daytime warming, near-surface temperature change, snow surface energy balance, radiation, seasonal snowcover
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Title: Spatial Similarities in Snowpack Profile Characteristics
Date: 2006
Authors: A. I. Mace, E. K. Bentley, S. R. Fassnacht
Description: Temporal and spatial differences in snow accumulation and trends in snowpack characteristics, as illustrated by the vertical snow profile, are variab...
Object ID: issw-2006-419.pdf
Keywords: snow accumulation, spatial snowpack similarities, snow density, snow temperature profile
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Title: Slope Scale Modeling of Snow Surface Temperature in Topographically Complex Terrain
Date: 2006
Authors: J.M. Staples, E.E. Adams, A. E. Slaughter, L.R. McKittrick
Description: In mountainous terrain, landscape strongly influences the thermal state of snow. An energy balance model, Radtherm/RT, can be used to account for topo...
Object ID: issw-2006-806-814.pdf
Keywords: snow surface, temperature, topography, energy balance, modeling, radiation
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Title: Near-Surface Faceted Crystals on a Slope Covered with Stone Pine Trees
Date: 2004
Authors: Peter Höller
Description: This paper presents snow surface temperature measurements as well as snow temperature investigations in the uppermost layer of the snowpack on a slop...
Object ID: issw-2004-107-111.pdf
Keywords: snow metamorphism, forest, avalanches
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Title: Topographic Influence on the Spatial Patterns of Snow Temperature Gradients in a Mountain Snowpack
Date: 2002
Authors: J. S. Deems, K. W. Birkeland, K. J. Hansen
Description: The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of topography in controlling the geographic patterns of deep snow temperature gradients ...
Object ID: issw-2002-384-392.pdf
Keywords: spatial variation, temperature gradients, topography, regression, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: The Affect of Snow Density on the Temperature Gradient
Date: 2002
Authors: Robert S. Rosso
Description: Temperature data loggers were positioned on three marked layers during the early season in the Collins Snow Study Plot, Alta, Utah. A series of pits w...
Object ID: issw-2002-376-379.pdf
Keywords: snow compaction, snow density, snow settlement, snow temperature
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Title: Snow Temperature and Water Outflow During Rain and Melt; Milford Highway, New Zealand
Date: 2000
Authors: W. Carran, S. Hall, C. Kendall, A. Carran, H. Conway
Description: Avalanches often release within a few minutes after the onset of rain on new snow. The avalanche potential remains high until drainage through the sno...
Object ID: issw-2000-173-177.pdf
Keywords: snow, rain, avalanches
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Title: An Elevational Gradient in Snowpack Chemical Loading at Glacier National Park, Montana: Implications for Ecosystem Processes
Date: 2000
Authors: Daniel Fagre, Kathy Tonnessen, Kristi Morris, George Ingersoll, Lisa McKeon, Karen Holzer
Description: The accumulation and melting of mountain snowpacks are major drivers of ecosystem processes in the Rocky Mountains. These include the influence of sno...
Object ID: issw-2000-462-467.pdf
Keywords: atmospheric deposition, nutrient loading, ecosystems, snowpack variability
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Title: A Study of an Avalanche at Niseko, Japan
Date: 1998
Authors: A. Hachikubo, J. McElwaine, M. Nemoto, T. Kaihara, T. Yamada, K. Nishimura
Description: On 28th January 1998 an avalanche accident occurred near the Japanese ski resort Niseko Alpen in Hokkaido. The snow properties of the crown surface w...
Object ID: issw-1998-291-293.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, weak layer, faceted crystals
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Title: A Model to Determine Snow Surface Properties from Remote Measurements
Date: 1998
Authors: Hansueli Gubler
Description: The formation of weak layers before they are buried by new snow is crucial for the determination of the actual danger level from measurements by auto...
Object ID: issw-1998-035-048.pdf
Keywords: snow cover stability, snow surface, snow metamorphism
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Title: Experiments of Depth Hoar Formation Under Extremely Low Temperature
Date: 1998
Authors: Y.Kamata, A.Sato
Description: To investigate the growth of depth hoar crystals in a very cold region, an experiment was carried out for three days with temperature gradients of 200...
Object ID: issw-1998-254-259.pdf
Keywords: depth hoar, extremely low temperature, saturated water vapor concentration
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