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- Title: In-Situ Tensile Strength Measurements of Alpine Snow
- Date: 1988
- Authors: J.B. Jamieson, C.D. Johnston
- Description: During the winter of 1987-88, over 450 in-situ tests of tensile strength were made in the Alberta Rockies. An average of 7 tests was made for each of ...
- Object ID: issw-1988-103-112.pdf
- Keywords: snow, layers, fractures, slab, tensile
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- Title: Observations Relating to Wet Snow Stability
- Date: 1988
- Authors: H. Conway, Steve Breyfogle, Craig R. Wilbour
- Description: Observations relating to wet snow avalanches in a low-elevation, maritime climate are discussed. The effects of crystal structure, water drainage, and...
- Object ID: issw-1988-211-222.pdf
- Keywords: crystal structure, water drainage, lubricated layers, snow stability, forecast
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- Title: Evaluation of the Shovel Shear Test
- Date: 1988
- Authors: Peter Schaerer
- Description: The shovel shear test - an index observation of the stability of snow packs - consists of cutting a vertical column of snow, applying a force by press...
- Object ID: issw-1988-274-276.pdf
- Keywords: snow pack, stability, shovel shear test, failure, snow layer
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- Title: Sensor Frequency, Wave Guide Orientation and Type, and Their Influence on Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Snow Pack Stability
- Date: 1986
- Authors: Robert J. Watters, Kirk Swanson
- Description: Acoustic emission monitoring of the snow pack indicates that 1) acoustic emission rate is related to settlement, creep and snow loading rate; 2) snow ...
- Object ID: issw-1986-081-085.pdf
- Keywords: stability, snowpack, frequency, density, skiing activity
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- Title: The Swiss Rutschblock Snow Stability Evaluation Test
- Date: 1986
- Authors: Danny Whitmore, Susan A. Burak, James Malone, Robert E. Davis
- Description: Conventional backcountry shear tests of the snow pack are compared with the Swiss Rutschblock test on steep, stable slopes. Conventional tests use a v...
- Object ID: issw-1986-207-209.pdf
- Keywords: snow pack, rutschblock, slab strength, backcountry skiing
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- Title: New Developments for Control of Snow Avalanches in the Western European Alps
- Date: 1984
- Authors: Clifford Montagne, John Montagne, Todd Rayne, Alan R. Satterlee
- Description: Reforestation of snow avalanche starting zones is accomplished by stabilizing slopes with man-made snow support structures and planting appropriate co...
- Object ID: ISSW-1984-030-035.pdf
- Keywords: slope stability, thinning, limatological timberlines
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- Title: Periodic Patterns in Snow Stability: Update
- Date: 1984
- Authors: Peter Lev, Cliff Mohwinkel
- Description: "Periodic Patterns in Snow Stability Update" evaluates the original data, upon which the tidal effect theory was based, adds events to the original da...
- Object ID: ISSW-1984-129-132.pdf
- Keywords: tidal effect theory, stability, avalanche events
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- Title: Weather and Snow Observations for Avalanche Forcasting: An Evaluatioo of Errors in Measurement and Interpretation
- Date: 1984
- Authors: R.T. Marriott, M.B. Moore
- Description: Measurements of weather and snow parameters for snow stability forecasting may frequently contain false or misleading information. Such error can be a...
- Object ID: ISSW-1984-143-154.pdf
- Keywords: errors, snow stability, weather, terrain
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- Title: A Meteorological and Climatological Approach to Determine Snowpack Accumulation in a Mountain Watershed
- Date: 1982
- Authors: Bruce Tremper
- Description: In this study, an attempt is made to adequately estimate mountain snowpack at snow course sites in southwestern Montana by using meteorological parame...
- Object ID: issw-1982-013.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, temperature, gradient, precipitation
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- Title: Theoretical Snowpack Behavior Associated With Postcontrol Avalanches
- Date: 1982
- Authors: Thomas E. Pratt
- Description: Postcontrol avalanches are commonly associated with two conditions: (l) inability of
explosives to produce slope failure even though unstable conditi...
- Object ID: issw-1982-023-024.pdf
- Keywords: triggering, slope release, postcontrol, creep rate
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- Title: A Plastic Wave in Snow
- Date: 1982
- Authors: Atsushi Sato
- Description: When snow is pushed very fast by a moving body, not only an elastic wave but also a plastic wave is generated at the head of the body. Though an elast...
- Object ID: issw-1982-024.pdf
- Keywords: plastic wave, elastic wave, denstiy
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- Title: Abstracts for the Poster Session the Northwest Avalanche Center: An Integrated System of Mountain Weather and Avalanche Forecasts for Public and Government Users
- Date: 1982
- Authors: S. B. Businger, R. T. Marriott, M. B. Moore
- Description: Now entering its eighth winter of operation, the Northwest Avalanche Center continues to operate as a program directly funded by I state and 3 federal...
- Object ID: issw-1982-028-029.pdf
- Keywords: forecasting, control, stability
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- Title: Canadian Guidelines for Observations in Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 1980
- Authors: G.L. Freer
- Description: Internationally, observations for snow stability evaluation and avalanche hazard forecasting have been developed over many years through research and ...
- Object ID: issw-1980-009-011.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, avalanche safety, avalanche management, skiing
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- Title: Field Tests of Snow Stability
- Date: 1980
- Authors: Chris J. Stethem, John W. Tweedy, Rossland, B.C.
- Description: Snow stability evaluaton is a critical element in avalanche hazard evaluation. The procedure of stability evaluation encompasses an analysis of avalan...
- Object ID: issw-1980-052-061.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability, hazard, sheer frame test, shovel shear test, avalanche control
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- Title: Interpreting Snowpack Structure
- Date: 1980
- Authors: Sue A. Ferguson
- Description: The traditional method of snowpack analysis by construction of a detailed snow profile is tedious, slow, and includes a large amount of data which is ...
- Object ID: issw-1980-062-065.pdf
- Keywords: weak layer, bed surface roughness, stability, slab avalanche
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