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Title: Towards a New Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in French Mountain Ranges, Including Low Altitude Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Matthieu Lafaysse, Samuel Morin, Cecile Coleou, Matthieu Vernay, Damien Serca, Francois Besson, Jean-Marie Willemet, Gerald Giraud, Yves Durand
Description: Operational avalanche hazard warning carried out by Météo-France for the three main mountain ranges (Alps, Pyrenees, Corsica) have used snow sim...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-02.pdf
Keywords: snow modelling, operational, ground, mid-altitude
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Title: SNOWPACK: Where Do We Stand Today?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Charles Fierz, Mathias Bavay, Nander Wever, Michael Lehning
Description: We present both snow depth and precipitation driven simulations of the snow cover at Weissfluhjoch, 2540 m a.s.l., near Davos, Switzerland. We perform...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-03.pdf
Keywords: snow, snow settlement, snow-cover modelling
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Title: Verification of SNOWPACK Model in the Western Caucasus, Russia, for Spatial Assessment of Snow Cover Stability
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Elena S. Klimenko
Description: We applied physical model Snowpack, developed in Switzerland, to simulate the evolution of snow cover in the Western Caucasus, Russia during three wi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-04.pdf
Keywords: snow cover evolution, physical modeling, snow properties, meteorological data
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Title: Identification of Slushflow Situations from Regional Weather Models
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Oyvind Armand Hoydal, Knut Helge Midtbo
Description: Slushflows are known phenomena that cause significant problems for settlements and infrastructure in Norway. Even though single events in the same loc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-05.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, avalanche warning, weather models, forecasting
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Title: Le Rôle du Chef d'Opération Sur Une Avalanche d'Envergure
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Colonel Blaise Agresti
Description: L'objet de l'intervention est de proposer une méthodologie de décision et d'organisation adaptée à la gestion d'un secours en avalanche mu...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-06.pdf
Keywords: gestion de crise, processus iteratif de decision, intuition
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Title: Avalanche Crisis Management, (Not Including Outdoor Activities) New Practical Guide to the Attention of Mayors and Local Executives
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Oceane Vibert, Francois Rapin, et Jean-Pierre Requillard
Description: In France, in case of avalanche risk, local politicians have to "prescribe measures required by the circumstances". This is the duty of legitimate con...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-07.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, prevention, crisis management, inhabitants
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Title: Avalanche Rescue and Mission Risk in Norway 1996-2010
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Albert Lunde, Krister Kristensen
Description: Well documented data from Norwegian avalanche rescue missions are evaluated according to risk assessment. Data have been collected from police records...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-08.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, risk assessment, risk management
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Title: Survival Chance Optimized Procedures in Rescue and How to Minimize Injuries During Excavation
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Manuel Genswein
Description: In companion rescue as well as in the start-up phase of organized rescue, shortage of rescue resources are very likely if multiple buried subjects / p...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-09.pdf
Keywords: avalanche triage, excavation, injuries
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Title: Artificial Snow and its Impacts in a Ski Resort and its Mountain Hydrosystem: Example of Avoriaz Resort
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Elodie Magnier
Description: The practice of artificial snowmaking is recent (1950 in the United States) and since 1990, French resorts, including Avoriaz, as well as their Swiss...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-11.pdf
Keywords: artificial snow, water resource, mountain area, catchment area, hydrosystem
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Title: Will There (Still) Be Snow for the Upcoming Winter Holidays? On the Conditional Predictability of Snow Conditions Several Weeks to Months in Advance
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Cecile Coleou, Yves Lejeune
Description: Modern societies increasingly require anticipation capabilities in virtually all aspects of human life, including snow conditions in mountain regions,...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-12.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, predictability, seasonal forecast
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Title: Assessing Weak Layer Failure and Changes in Snowpack Properties Due to Avalanche Control By Explosives
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Stephan Simioni, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Avalanche control by explosives is among the key temporary preventive measures and today fixed avalanche control installations are widely used. Hither...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-13.pdf
Keywords: snow properties, avalanche control, explosives, weak layer failure
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Title: Artificial Avalanche Release and the Probability of Triggering Secondary Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Today, avalanches are often artificially triggered to protect ski areas and to some extent, transportation routes and residential areas. During avalan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-14.pdf
Keywords: artificial release of avalanches, secondary avalanches, application of artificial avalanche release, safety concept
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Title: Design and Construction of Snow Supporting Structures for the Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Joshua T. Hewes, Rand Decker, Scott M. Merry
Description: Reduction and management of avalanche threats to motorists on roads and highways threatened by avalanches can be accomplished by use of constructed de...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, hazard, transportation, snow structure, nepa, visual retention
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Title: Influence of Upstream Catching Dam Slope on Powder Avalanche
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Caccamo P., Naaim-Bouvet F., Faug T.
Description: The influence of an obstacle on the dynamics of a finite-volume density current modelling a powder-snow avalanche was investigated. A constant volume ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-16.pdf
Keywords: powder snow avalanche, density current, water tank, catching dam, 3d acoustic velocimeter
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Title: Analysis of the Residual Risk Under a National Forest of Protection Against Avalanches and Measures of Management
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Roudnitska S. ONF-RTM, Cornevin D. ONF
Description: To optimize maintenance and improvement of the paravalanche device in the national forest of Villards, the RTM department of Savoie realized a study ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection forest, reforestation, risk assessment, mitigation strategies
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