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Title: The New Challenge is No More to Improve Prediction, But to Better Manage the Unexpected: Date: 2012; Authors: Alain Duclos; Description: While researchers are devoting their efforts for decades to improve avalanche forecasting, it still appears that the victims are almost always surpris...; Object ID: issw-2012-473-478.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche risk reduction, hazard; View additional details about The New Challenge is No More to Improve Prediction, But to Better Manage the Unexpected

Title: Reaching Snowmobile Riders With Effective Training Methods International Snow Science Workshop 2012, Identifying Unique, Captivating Educational Techniques Targeted to Reach Snowmobile Riders: Date: 2012; Authors: Debra McGhan, Dorothy Adler, Merletta Morris; Description: All across snow covered states, from bush villages in Alaska to the side streets of small towns, snowmachines have become an integral part of life. Al...; Object ID: issw-2012-516-522.pdf; Keywords: snowmobiles, public transportation, winter recreation; View additional details about Reaching Snowmobile Riders With Effective Training Methods International Snow Science Workshop 2012, Identifying Unique, Captivating Educational Techniques Targeted to Reach Snowmobile Riders

Title: On Surface Warming and Snow Instability: Date: 2010; Authors: JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Warming is believed to be one of the most prominent causes of snow instability â€“ although experimental evidence is rare. We know that â€“ ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-058.pdf; Keywords: surface warming, slab avalanches, dry-snow, near-surface layers; View additional details about On Surface Warming and Snow Instability

Title: Characterizing Microstructural Arrangement and Effective Properties of Dry Snow: Thermal Conductivity: Date: 2010; Authors: Richard H. Shertzer, Edward E. Adams, Martin Schneebeli; Description: A microstructural quantity, the contact tensor, is introduced to characterize the directional arrangement of bonding in the snowpack. The contact ten...; Object ID: ISSW_O-019.pdf; Keywords: microstructure, metamorphism, effective properties, conductivity, fabric tensor; View additional details about Characterizing Microstructural Arrangement and Effective Properties of Dry Snow: Thermal Conductivity

Title: Predicting Wet Snow Avalanches at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area: Date: 2010; Authors: Leif Eric Borgeson, Hal Hartman; Description: Premature terrain closures, due to wet snow instability, lead to unhappy skiers during the annual snowmelt period. Furthermore, wet snow avalanches ar...; Object ID: ISSW_O-031.pdf; Keywords: wet snow instability, wetting fronts, crack propagation pathways; View additional details about Predicting Wet Snow Avalanches at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

Title: Snowpack Properties of Unstable Wet Snow Slopes: Observations From the Swiss Alps: Date: 2010; Authors: Frank Techel, Christine Pielmeier; Description: Next to meteorological parameters, snowpack properties play a major role in the formation of wet snow avalanches. We investigated profiles observed at...; Object ID: ISSW_O-036.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, snow stability, fracture line profiles, snowpack properties; View additional details about Snowpack Properties of Unstable Wet Snow Slopes: Observations From the Swiss Alps

Title: How Snow Fails: Date: 2010; Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Dry-snow slab avalanches start with a failure in a weak layer below a cohesive slab. Avalanche release models start with an initial crack which may pr...; Object ID: ISSW_O-039.pdf; Keywords: dry-snow slab, cohesive slab, surface hoar; View additional details about How Snow Fails

Title: A Comparison of Avalanche Survival Patterns in Canada and Switzerland: Date: 2010; Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Markus Falk, Hermann Brugger, Hans-JÃ¼rg Etter, Jeff Boyd; Description: The survival pattern of completely buried individuals in open terrain has been depicted in the avalanche survival curve, which displays probability of...; Object ID: ISSW_O-059.pdf; Keywords: avalanche survival, asphyxia, trauma, snow climate, rescue regime; View additional details about A Comparison of Avalanche Survival Patterns in Canada and Switzerland

Title: Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event: Date: 2010; Authors: Benjamin J. Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Darko K. Koracin, John F. Mejia; Description: On Wednesday November 11, 2009 the National Weather Service called for the passage of a front across southwestern Montana ahead of a weak low pressur...; Object ID: ISSW_O-064.pdf; Keywords: convective snowfall, spatial variability, unbalanced flow; View additional details about Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event

Title: A Paint Scraper Hardness Blade: Date: 2010; Authors: Chris Borstad, David McClung; Description: We present a new hand-held hardness gauge that measures penetration resistance over a length scale of about 100 grains. The apparatus consists of a 10...; Object ID: ISSW_P-001.pdf; Keywords: paint scraper, blade, penetration resistance, densification; View additional details about A Paint Scraper Hardness Blade

Title: Snow in Scotland: Snowmicropen Analysis of Natural and Artificial Snow Samples: Date: 2010; Authors: Tom W. Barraclough, Jane R. Blackford, Michael Zaiser; Description: The avalanche environment in Scotland differs from typical alpine environments. A warmer, maritime climate with regular high winds leads to a prevalen...; Object ID: ISSW_P-003.pdf; Keywords: snowmicropen analysis, natural, artificial; View additional details about Snow in Scotland: Snowmicropen Analysis of Natural and Artificial Snow Samples

Title: Snow Characterization by Facet Number and Size From Snow Pit Wall Photographs: Date: 2010; Authors: Mathias Gergely, Martin Schneebeli; Description: Faceted snow within a natural snowpack often weakens its stability, with depth hoar being a prime example for a persistent weak layer. Traditionally, ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-005.pdf; Keywords: faceted snow, depth hoar, persistent weak layers, snow properties, wind-pressed snow; View additional details about Snow Characterization by Facet Number and Size From Snow Pit Wall Photographs

Title: Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research: Date: 2010; Authors: M. Woerndl, A. Prokop, S. W. Tyler, C. E. Hatch, J. Dozier; Description: Knowledge about snow pack stability at a certain location and at a certain point in time is important for avalanche practitioners and backcountry trav...; Object ID: ISSW_P-007.pdf; Keywords: snow temperature, snow pack, driving forces; View additional details about Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research

Title: Evaluation of Norwegian Snow Pillow Stations: Date: 2010; Authors: Elise Trondsen, Knut MÃ¸en; Description: As 50 percent of annual precipitation falls as snow in Norway access to real time snow data - including snow water equivalent (SWE) - is of great impo...; Object ID: ISSW_P-015.pdf; Keywords: nve, snow pillow, norway, antifreezes, swe; View additional details about Evaluation of Norwegian Snow Pillow Stations

Title: Free-Ride: Local Evaluation of Avalanche Danger in Valgrisenche - Aosta Valley (I): Date: 2010; Authors: P. Dellavedova, D. Garin, V. Segor; Description: During the months of February and March 2010, in the north-west part of Western Alps in Aosta Valley where the practice of free-ride heliski is regula...; Object ID: ISSW_P-022.pdf; Keywords: free-ride, stability test; View additional details about Free-Ride: Local Evaluation of Avalanche Danger in Valgrisenche - Aosta Valley (I)

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