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Title: Characterizing the Microstructural and Micromechanical Properties of Snow
Date: 1998
Authors: Jerome B. Johnson, Martin Schneebeli
Description: A micropenetrometer has been developed that produces snow grain bond ruptures at the microstructural level and provides a unique signal for different ...
Object ID: issw-1998-049-058.pdf
Keywords: snow hardness, snow engineering, snow strength, snow mechanics
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Title: An Overview of Avalanche Forecasting in North America
Date: 1998
Authors: Knox Williams
Description: Regional avalanche forecast centers provide valuable public safety services. They are responsible for monitoring and forecasting avalanche danger in b...
Object ID: issw-1998-161-169.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, forecast methodology, north america
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Title: Experimental Study on the Spectral Reflectance of Snow
Date: 1998
Authors: Tsutomu Nakamura, Reina Tamura, Takeshi Ohta, Osamu Abe
Description: The spectral reflectance of snow was measured experimentally. Prior to taking the measurements for snow, the spectral reflectance of glass beads of k...
Object ID: issw-1998-214-224.pdf
Keywords: snow reflective properties, snow optics, snow physics, snow, snow cover
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Title: Wet Snow Pendular Regime: The Amount of Water in Ring-Shaped Configurations
Date: 1998
Authors: A. Denoth
Description: The water saturation of a natural snow cover varies, in general, from zero to approximately 20% of the pore volume, whereby two essentially different ...
Object ID: issw-1998-243-248.pdf
Keywords: snow physics, snow electromagnetic properties, snow water content
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Title: The Advanced Digital Snow Sonde
Date: 1998
Authors: Osamu Abe, Hiroo Sato, Mitsuharu Chiba, Shizuo Tanasawa
Description: The advanced digital snow sonde (DSS) having four sensors was designed and tested in this study. Using the DSS three kinds of snow profiles could be ...
Object ID: issw-1998-300-304.pdf
Keywords: snow gages, snow surveys, snow property
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Title: The Compression Test for Snow Stability
Date: 1996
Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Colin Johnston
Description: The compression test is a quick stability test. It involves tapping on a shovel placed on top of a column of snow and noting the failures in weak laye...
Object ID: issw-1996-118-125.pdf
Keywords: snow compression, snow stability, snow strength, snow physical properties, snow stratigraphy
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting With GIS
Date: 1996
Authors: R. Bolognesi, M. Denuelle, L. Dexter
Description: Avalanches depend on snowpack stability as well as terrain conditions. Thus, these two kinds of information are required to perform punctual predictio...
Object ID: issw-1996-011-013.pdf
Keywords: local avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Snowpack Study in Technical Communication
Date: 1996
Authors: Richard M. Chisholm
Description: In the section I teach of Technical Writing at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire, students learn to handle the content, form, and style of scien...
Object ID: issw-1996-299-305.pdf
Keywords: snowpack study, snow science, science writing, science teaching, teaching technical writing
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Title: Radial Influence of the GAZ-EX on a Continental Snowpack Glory Bowl Slide Path, Teton Pass, Wyoming
Date: 1994
Authors: Kelly Elder, Rod Newcomb
Description: The study is centered on the GAZ-EX installations on Teton Pass, near Jackson, Wyoming, USA. Four GAZ-EX exploders are found on Mt. Glory (3074m) whic...
Object ID: issw-1994-626-635.pdf
Keywords: gazex, forecasting, explosives, snowpack
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Title: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Avalanches: Some Applications
Date: 1994
Authors: Anupam Tyagi
Description: Geographic Information Systems' (GIS) ability to analyze spatial information has also rendered it. t.o be a useful tool in examining complex propertie...
Object ID: issw-1994-668.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), avalanche paths
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Title: Processing a High Strength Snow for South Pole Compacted Snow Runway: Test Results from Winter 1992-1993
Date: 1994
Authors: R.M. Lang, G.L. Blaisdell, C. D'Urso, G. Reinemer, M. Lesher
Description: Field studies were required in order to identify the optimum snow processing technique that will produce a compact and bonded snow suitable for the c...
Object ID: issw-1994-156-175.pdf
Keywords: density, bonding, snow strength, powered tiller
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Title: A Database Design for Storage and Retrieval of Snow Profiles on a PC
Date: 1994
Authors: Peter Weir
Description: An application for plotting snow profiles has been designed for the Windows Personal Computer operating environment. A Graphical User Interface allow...
Object ID: issw-1994-185-196.pdf
Keywords: density, snowpack conditions, pc
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Title: Measurements and Modeling of Snow Energy Balance and Sublimation from Snow
Date: 1994
Authors: David G. Tarboton
Description: Snow melt runoff is an important factor in runoff generation for most Utah rivers and a large contributer to Utah's water supply and periodically floo...
Object ID: issw-1994-260-279.pdf
Keywords: sublimation, runoff, snow melting, snow energy
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Title: Table Tennis Ball Avalanche Experiments
Date: 1994
Authors: Kenji Kosugi, Atsushi Sato, Osamu Abe, Yasuaki Nohguchi, Yutaka Yamada, Kouichi Nishimura, Kaoru Izumi
Description: Table tennis ball avalanche (TTBA) experiments were carried out on an inclined chute to study the dynamics and the structures of snow avalanches. The ...
Object ID: issw-1994-636-642.pdf
Keywords: velocity, tennis balls, snow avalanche
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Title: A Fiber Optic Probe for Indexing Snowpack Properties
Date: 1992
Authors: Bulent Sensoy, Rand Decker
Description: Snowpack observations are made for the purposes of avalanche forecasting and control. In general, snow depth, density, relative hardness of individual...
Object ID: issw-1992-088-092.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, density, hardness, snow temperature, grain type
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