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Title: A 3D Model for Snow Drift and Snow Cover Development in Steep Alpine Terrain
Date: 2002
Authors: Michael Lehning, Judith Doorschot, Charles Fierz, Norbert Raderschall
Description: Since blowing and drifting snow is a major factor influencing avalanche danger and the local micro climate, a high resolution, objective and quantitat...
Object ID: issw-2002-579-589.pdf
Keywords: arps, lee slope, avalanches, wind slab, flow simulation, saltation, suspension, erosion, snow preferential deposition
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Title: Strength Changes of Layers of Faceted Snow Crystals in the Columbia and Rocky Mountain Snowpack Climates in Southwestern Canada
Date: 2000
Authors: Greg Johnson, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The strength of layers of faceted crystals is important for forecasting snow stability. During the winters of 1993-2000, in the intermountain snowpack...
Object ID: issw-2000-086-093.pdf
Keywords: snow crystals, faceted crystals, snow strength, snow climate, avalanche, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Measurements of Human-Triggered Avalanches from the Swiss Alps
Date: 2000
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Martina Lutschg
Description: Ten years of avalanche incidents data from the Swiss Alps have been analyzed in order to find characteristics of human triggered avalanches. We were p...
Object ID: issw-2000-200-207.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, avalanche accidents, avalanche release, snow stability, avalan forecasting, skier triggering
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Title: Field Data and Theory for Human Triggered Whumpfs and Remote Avalanches
Date: 2000
Authors: Ben Johnson, Bruce Jamiesona, Colin Johnston
Description: Remotely triggered avalanches and whumpfs (sometimes called "settlements") are common occurrences in many mountains ranges, but have received little r...
Object ID: issw-2000-208-214.pdf
Keywords: avalanche release, persistent weak layers, fracture propagation
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Title: Measuring Snow Profiles with High Resolution: Interpretation of the Force-Distance Signal from a Snow Micro Penetrometer
Date: 2000
Authors: Christine Pielmeier, Martin Schneebeli
Description: The classification of snow profiles is traditionally based on the discrete interpretation of snow layers in a snow pack. The layers are discriminated ...
Object ID: issw-2000-215-222.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, snow profile, snow classification, penetrometer, scale, spatial variability
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Title: Snow Profile Interpretation
Date: 2000
Authors: Thomas Wiesinger, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Snow profile interpretation is part of the every day work of any avalanche forecasting service. However, profile evaluation is considered rather an ar...
Object ID: issw-2000-223-229.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability evaluation, stability tests
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Title: Sintering of Unequal Grains
Date: 2000
Authors: S.C. Colbeck
Description: Extended Abstract: The bonds are of fundamental importance in snow, and my photographs (J. Appl. Phys. 84, 4585, 1998) of the bonds in snow clearly sh...
Object ID: issw-2000-238.pdf
Keywords: sintering, grains
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Title: Physical Models for Determining Changes in Microstructure of Snow During Metamorphism
Date: 2000
Authors: R.L. Brown, P.K. Satyawali, Micheal Lehning, Perry Bartelt
Description: Since the internal microstructure is important for determining the mechanical, thermal and physical properties of snow, a study was undertaken to deve...
Object ID: issw-2000-240-246.pdf
Keywords: snow, microstructure, metamorphism, sintering
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Title: Effect of Snow Texture on Snowpack Settlement Rates
Date: 2000
Authors: Charles Fierz, Michael Lehning
Description: Unavailable
Object ID: issw-2000-256-258.pdf
Keywords: snow cover simulation, snow cover structure, snow texture, snow physical properties
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Title: A Statistical Validation of the Snowpack Model in a Montana Climate
Date: 2000
Authors: Christopher C. Lundy, Robert L. Brown, Edward E. Adams, Karl W. Birkeland, Michael Lehning
Description: Recently, a computer model has been developed by the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research that- simulates the evolution of a natura...
Object ID: issw-2000-259-265.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modeling, snow metamorphism, model validation, snowpack evolution
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Title: NMR Imaging of Snow
Date: 2000
Authors: Toshihiro Ozeki, Akihiro Hachikubo, Katsumi Kose, Kouichi Nishimura
Description: NMR imaging was introduced to visualize and analyze the three-dimensional structure of snowpack. We used three types of snow; ice spheres, coarsened ...
Object ID: issw-2000-402-406.pdf
Keywords: nmr, three-dimensional imaging, snow structure, ice sphere, dodecane
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Title: An Objective Snow Profile Comparison Method
Date: 2000
Authors: Michael Lehning, Charles Fierz, Chris Lundy
Description: With the increasing use of numerical models predicting the snow cover status, the need for a simple and standardized evaluation procedure arises. We p...
Object ID: issw-2000-440-446.pdf
Keywords: snow pit, profile, snow cover simulation, snowpack, evaluation, grain type
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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: More Research We'd Like To See
Date: 2000
Authors: Doug Richmond
Description: The ISSW brings together leading snow science researchers, educators, and field practitioners. Our project was an attempt to facilitate dialog, brains...
Object ID: issw-2000-592-594.pdf
Keywords: workshops, educators, field practitioners, snow properties
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Title: Photographic Studies of Slab Avalanches in Heather Canyon, Mt. Hood, Oregon
Date: 1998
Authors: Todd Semmes
Description: The avalanche control program for Heather Canyon-a large avalanche-prone canyon in the Mt Hood Meadows permit area-is reviewed. To help illustrate the...
Object ID: issw-1998-013.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche tracks, avalanche types, snow slides
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