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- Title: Melt-Induced Deformation in an Isothermal Snowpack
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Simon A. Trautman, Stephan G. Custer, Karl W. Birkeland
- Description: Bridger Bowl Ski Area outside of Bozeman, MT, USA, has encountered annual problems forecasting large, wet loose avalanches that occur during warming e...
- Object ID: ISSW-2004-011.pdf
- Keywords: loose avalanche, hazard, deformation
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- Title: Approach to Spatial Avalanche Forecasting Using a Non-Hydrostatic Model and a Snow Cover Model
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato, Katsushi Iwamoto, Sento Nakai , Michael Lehning
- Description: To estimate the spatial variation in snowpack characteristics, two numerical models, a regional meteorological model (NHM) and a snow cover model (SNO...
- Object ID: issw-2004-199-204.pdf
- Keywords: snow disaster, avalanche forecast, snow cover model, non-hydrostatic model, japan
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- Title: 2D and 3D Numerical Design of Snow Net Systems
- Date: 2004
- Authors: B. Boutillier, F. Nicot, J. Meyssonnier, O. Gagliardini, F. Darve
- Description: The present study deals with snowpack motion and its interaction with a flexible
snow supporting structure. The final aim of this research is to eval...
- Object ID: issw-2004-638.pdf
- Keywords: snow net systems, snowpack motion, density distribution
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- Title: Optimal Preparation of Alpine Ski Runs
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Mathieu Fauve, Hansueli Rhyner, Martin Schneebeli, Walter Ammann
- Description: The demands on the quality of ski runs have grown with the development of sports
equipment. A skiing run must nowadays provide perfect grip, have a c...
- Object ID: issw-2004-656-660.pdf
- Keywords: ski run, snow grooming, weather, snow properties, snow sintering, machine-made snow
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- Title: Snowpack Characteristics Found in Hakuba, Northern Alps, Japan
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Shinji Ikeda
- Description: Snowpack properties aiming at avalanche safety for backcountry recreations were investigated at Hakuba, NORTHAN ALPS, JAPAN. Snow profile results of t...
- Object ID: issw-2002-361-365.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover structure, snow cover distribution, avalanche, japan northan alps
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- Title: Three-Dimensional MR Microscopy of Snowpack Structures
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Toshihiro Ozeki, Katsumi Kose, Tomoyuki Haishi, Seitarou Hashimoto, Shun-ichi Nakatsubo, Kouichi Nishimura
- Description: A magnetic resonance microscopy technique was developed to visualize and quantify the three-dimensional structure of snowpack. Because the NMR signal ...
- Object ID: issw-2002-380-383.pdf
- Keywords: snow crystal structure, magnetlc resonance imaging, three-dimensional structure, dodecane
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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: Snowpack Stability Variation at a Given Avalanche Danger Level
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Kalle Kronhohn, Thomas Wiesinger
- Description: To get a more detailed picture of regional snowpack stability patterns at different danger levels a large scale field study has been performed. At fou...
- Object ID: issw-2002-175-179.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, stability test, snow stability evaluation
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- Title: Using AvTools - A Database System for Avalanche Professionals at Castle Mountain Ski Area, Alberta, Canada
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Eve Ruttle
- Description: Information in the Avalanche Atlas provides data and quick reference for the Avalanche Activity form. Pictures are optional but are useful for recordi...
- Object ID: issw-2002-180-188.pdf
- Keywords: avtools, avalanche, stability, snowpack
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- Title: New Snow in the Snow-Cover Model Snowpack
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Charles Fierz, Jordy Hendrikx, Michael Lehning, Fabienne Perret, Annouck Vrouwe
- Description: A correct representation of new snow and its properties is crucial in order to
initialize the simulation of snow-cover evolution. On the one hand, ad...
- Object ID: issw-2002-328.pdf
- Keywords: modeling, snow metamorphism, snow pack
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- Title: Snow Guillotine: Visualization and Statistics of Meltwater Flowpaths in a Wet Snowpack
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Tyler Erickson
- Description: Normally a hand lens and a crystal screen with a millimeter grid are used to determine the size of snow grains in the field. In this method each of sn...
- Object ID: issw-2002-343-344.pdf
- Keywords: snow, guillotine, wet, snowpack
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- Title: Structural Phase Changes of the Liquid Water Component in Alpine Snow
- Date: 2002
- Authors: A. Denoth
- Description: The way free water is arranged in the complex texture of Alpine snow is measured by a series of different methods: Broadband electro-magnetic measurem...
- Object ID: issw-2002-374-375.pdf
- Keywords: snow physics, electromagnetic properties, hydraulic properties
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- Title: A Field Method for Identifying Structural Weaknesses in the Snowpack
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Ian McCammon, Jurg Schweizer
- Description: Recent studies have confined what experienced avalanche workers have known for years: that human triggered avalanches often coincide with specific str...
- Object ID: issw-2002-477-481.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stratigraphy, snow stability evaluation, avalanche education
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- Title: Effects of an Early Season Rain Crust on Snow Pack Stability within the Continental Climate
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Dan Moroz
- Description: On January 6th and 7th, 2002, the central and northern mountains of Colorado, and
Copper Mountain ski resort, experienced a "freezing rain" weather e...
- Object ID: issw-2002-502-507.pdf
- Keywords: fracture, stability, snowpack, climate
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- Title: Modeling Snow Slab Release Using a Visco-Elastic, Temperature Dependent Constitutive Model and Weak Layers
- Date: 2002
- Authors: M. Stoffel, P. Bartelt
- Description: A widely accepted theory of slab avalanche formation assumes the existence of "super weak" layers. Because a weak layer cannot effectively transmit th...
- Object ID: issw-2002-521-522.pdf
- Keywords: temperature, slab, weak layer, snowpack glide, visco-elastic
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