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Title: Snow Cover Dynamics and Ecology: An Analysis of Modis Time Series in the Italian Alps
Date: 2012
Authors: Godone D., Terzago S., Filippa G., Fratianni S., Garnero G., Barbero S., Rivella E., Freppaz M.
Description: snow cover is a critical factor among environmental variables in mountainous ecosystems. It influences several processes such as water supply, avalanc...
Object ID: issw-2012-948-955.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, topography, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Modeled Snow Cover in Pyrenees Mountains and Cross-Comparisons Between Remote-Sensed and Land-Based Observation Data
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud, Daniel Goetz, Malou Maris, Valentin Payen
Description: Only few studies have already attempted to assess the distribution and magnitude of seasonal snowpack under the varying climate of the Pyrenees. In us...
Object ID: issw-2012-998-1004.pdf
Keywords: snow depth comparisons, modis remote-sensed data, climatology, scm chain
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Title: Testing and Implementing a Wind Redistribution Model in Mountainous Terrain Using a High-Resolution Lidar-Derived DEM
Date: 2012
Authors: Andrew Hedrick, Hans-Peter Marshall, Scott Havens, Adam Winstral, Achim Heilig
Description: Spatial variability in the seasonal snowpack is affected by many factors, but wind redistribution, in addition to snowfall rate and sublimation, are ...
Object ID: issw-2012-1059-1064.pdf
Keywords: snowpacke, spatial variability, terrain,
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Title: Back-Calculations of Observed Avalanches Against Natural Deflecting Dams
Date: 2012
Authors: Dieter Issler, Carl B. Harbitz, Ulrik Domaas, Kalle Kronholm, Marc Christen
Description: The objective of this study is to assess the reliability of presently available numerical avalanche models in predicting avalanche flow about deflect...
Object ID: issw-2012-038-045.pdf
Keywords: dynamic model, avalanche hazard, calculations, ramm-sonde,
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Title: Comparing Local Stream Flow Peaks to the Onset of Wet Avalanche Cycles
Date: 2012
Authors: Mark Saurer
Description: When the snow has melted from the valley floors, peak flow levels in our local streams may help predict the onset of annual wet avalanche events. Park...
Object ID: issw-2012-069-076.pdf
Keywords: wet slab avalanches, avalanche forecasting, stream discharge
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Title: Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction
Date: 2012
Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Melt water is the major driver of wet-snow instability. Its percolation and interaction with snow is complex, poorly understood and hence not well dep...
Object ID: issw-2012-077-083.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, wet snow avalanches, avalanche danger scale,
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Title: Weak Layer Detection in Simulated Snow Stratigraphy
Date: 2012
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Jürg Schweizer, Charles Fierz
Description: Numerical modelling of snow cover stratigraphy with, for example, the 1-D snow cover model SNOWPACK has the potential to increase the spatial and temp...
Object ID: issw-2012-092-097.pdf
Keywords: snowpack stratigraphy, snow hardness, hand hardness test, weak layer
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Title: The Underestimated Role of the Stauchwall in Full-Depth Avalanche Release
Date: 2012
Authors: Perry Bartelt, Christine Pielmeier, Stefan Margreth, Stephan Harvey, Thomas Stucki
Description: During the winter 2011/12 the Swiss Alps experienced repeated cycles with high activity of snow gliding and full-depth avalanches. Up to 8 m deep glid...
Object ID: issw-2012-127-133.pdf
Keywords: snow gliding, full-depth avalanche, compacted zone,
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Title: Formation of Depth Hoar Resulting from Thermal Optimization of Snow Microstructure
Date: 2012
Authors: Patrick J. Staron, Edward E. Adams, Daniel A. Miller
Description: Snow metamorphism can be described by the flows of heat and mass that result from gradients of temperature and water vapor concentration. The size of...
Object ID: issw-2012-186-193.pdf
Keywords: entropy, metamorphism, microstructure, optimization, snow, thermodynamics
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Title: Yukon Avalanche Association - The First Year and the Future
Date: 2012
Authors: Michael Smith, Eirik Sharp
Description: The Yukon Avalanche Association (YAA) was formed in 2010 with the goal of promoting avalanche safety and awareness to an expanding group of backcountr...
Object ID: issw-2012-214-219.pdf
Keywords: avalanche safety, terrains, winter backcountry recreation, canadian avalanche centre
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Title: Spatial Variability of Snow Stratigraphy From Microwave Radar
Date: 2012
Authors: Hans Peter Marshall, J. And rew Gleason, Achim Heilig, Gary Koh, Matthew Sturm
Description: Slab avalanches occur because of the layered nature of the seasonal snowpack. Differences in metrological conditions during deposition, as well as dif...
Object ID: issw-2012-259-263.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, radar, snow stratigraphy, snow depth
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: Using a Thermal Imager to Quantify Buried Thermal Structure in Natural Snow
Date: 2012
Authors: Cora Shea, Bruce Jamieson, Karl Birkeland
Description: Avalanche researchers and practitioners have long measured snowpack temperatures in snow pits with thermometers about 10 cm apart. This led to the ass...
Object ID: issw-2012-267-276.pdf
Keywords: temperature gradient, thermal imaging, snow crystals, snow stability tests
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Title: Different Surveys Techniques to Assess the Snow Erosion and Deposition at the Punta Seehore Avalanche Test Site
Date: 2012
Authors: E. Bovet, B. Chiaia, M. Maggioni, D. Godone, M. Freppaz
Description: The aim of this paper is to describe the surveys techniques, used at the Seehore avalanche test site located in Aosta Valley (NW Italy), concerning th...
Object ID: issw-2012-277-284.pdf
Keywords: snow erosion, terrestrial laser scanning, deposited layer, probe pole
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Title: Resuscitation of the Avalanche Victim: An Evidence-Based Guideline
Date: 2012
Authors: Jeff Boyd, Hermann Brugger, Fidel Elsensohn, Peter Paal, Giacomo Strapazzon, Eveline Winterberger, Ken Zafren
Description: Background. Earlier avalanche resuscitation recommendations, published in 1996 and 2001, were principally extrapolated from biostatistical survival an...
Object ID: issw-2012-307-313.pdf
Keywords: avalanche victim resuscitation, victim, asphyxia, ventilation
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