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Title: Snowpack Stability Variation at a Given Avalanche Danger Level
Date: 2002
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Kalle Kronhohn, Thomas Wiesinger
Description: To get a more detailed picture of regional snowpack stability patterns at different danger levels a large scale field study has been performed. At fou...
Object ID: issw-2002-175-179.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, stability test, snow stability evaluation
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Title: Characteristics of Avalanche Accidents in Western Himalayan Region, India
Date: 2002
Authors: Ashwagosha Ganju, Naresh K Thakur, Vijay Rana
Description: Avalanches caused considerable damage initially to the inhabitants of Himalayan belt but lately only a small proportion of the original inhabitants of...
Object ID: issw-2002-200-207.pdf
Keywords: accidents, slopes, forecasting, weather
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Title: Development of Avalanche Safety and Control Programs in the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks - A Historical Perspective
Date: 2002
Authors: Brad White
Description: The Parks Canada Warden Service has the responsibility for avalanche safety and control programs within the Canadian Rocky Mountains National Parks. T...
Object ID: issw-2002-208-220.pdf
Keywords: aces, safety, control, forecasting
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Title: The Use of Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge in Avalanche Forecasting (Canada and Alaska)
Date: 2002
Authors: Kirstie E.M Simpson
Description: Traditional Knowledge is based on, and acquired through, observation and experience within a local or utilised regional environment, as well as instru...
Object ID: issw-2002-228-236.pdf
Keywords: traditional knowledge, aboriginal, elders, avalanche, chilkoot pass
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Title: In-Situ Measurements to Test CrocusMepra PC Tool
Date: 2002
Authors: Cecile CoIeou, Gerald Giraud, Yves Lejeune
Description: Since the 1999/2000 winter season, the Snow Research Centre ofMeteo-France (CEN) has carried out various snow measurements in a new observation site. ...
Object ID: issw-2002-277-283.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, avalanche forecasting, computer tool, snow stratigraphy
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Title: A Portable, Variable-Speed, Penetrometer for Snow Pit Evaluation
Date: 2002
Authors: Roderick Mackenzie, Warwick Payten
Description: A new, portable, variable-speed, penetronmeter for snow-pit stability evaluation has been developed (named "SABRE"). Despite the heavy reliance on sno...
Object ID: issw-2002-294-300.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche protection
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Title: A Probabilistic Model to Evaluate Optimal Density of Snow Stations
Date: 2002
Authors: Martin Latemser, Martin Schneebeli
Description: Daily new snow measurements are important for avalanche forecasting and tourism. In Switzerland new snow is measured at many stations, which belong to...
Object ID: issw-2002-301-303.pdf
Keywords: snow station, snow climatology, optimal selection, snowfall intensity, spatial variability
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Title: A Technical Overview of Ministry of Transport Automatic Weather Stations and their Data Elements
Date: 2002
Authors: Cameron G. Rawlinson
Description: At 24 times the physical size of Switzerland, British Columbia contains a wide variety of Avalanche prone terrain in a number of different and often ...
Object ID: issw-2002-393-400.pdf
Keywords: snow sensing, methods of sampling, weather sensing, road weather, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Application of Multivariate Statistical Techniques for the Characterization of the Surface Circulation Patterns Related to Heavy Snowfalls in Andorra, Pyrenees
Date: 2002
Authors: Pere Esteban, Phillip D. Jones, Javier Martin-Vide, Montse Mases
Description: Heavy precipitation in the form of snow over mountain regions can be a direct cause of avalanches. The characterization of the atmospheric situations ...
Object ID: issw-2002-401-406.pdf
Keywords: heavy snowfall events, principal component analysis and clustering, sea level pressure, circulation patterns, pyrenees, andorra, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Wind Sensing Techniques and Methods for Wide Geographic Area Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2002
Authors: Cameron G. Rawlinson
Description: The paper reviews past and present methods for wind sensing used in British Columbia with a focus on the avalanche forecasting and control industries....
Object ID: issw-2002-436-442.pdf
Keywords: wind sensing, snow drifting, snow transport, snow loads, field measurements
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Title: Avalanche Incidents in Switzerland in Relation to the Predicted Danger Degree
Date: 2002
Authors: Stephan Harvey
Description: All known avalanche incidents from 1987/88 to 1998/99 (12 years) have been analyzed with respect to the scale of avalanche danger of the Swiss avalanc...
Object ID: issw-2002-443-448.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche forecast, avalanche bulletin, avalanche danger degree
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Title: Avalanche Accidents in Back Country Terrain of the Swiss Alps: New Investigations of a 30 Year Database
Date: 2002
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Chatrigna Signorell, Manuel Genswein
Description: More than 1000 avalanche incidents involving skiers, snowboarders and mountaineers in the back country terrain of the Swiss Alps have been filed in an...
Object ID: issw-2002-449-455.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche forecast, avalanche bulletin, avalanche danger degree
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Title: A Field Method for Identifying Structural Weaknesses in the Snowpack
Date: 2002
Authors: Ian McCammon, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Recent studies have confined what experienced avalanche workers have known for years: that human triggered avalanches often coincide with specific str...
Object ID: issw-2002-477-481.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stratigraphy, snow stability evaluation, avalanche education
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Title: Characterization of a Deep Slab Instability
Date: 2002
Authors: Ethan Greene, Greg Johnson
Description: In early January 2002, a warm and moist storm formed an ice crust on the snow surface throughout the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. Faceted snow ...
Object ID: issw-2002-491-498.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, avalanche accidents, avalanche release, snow stability, forecasting, skier triggering
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Title: Contrasting Stable and Unstable Snow Profiles with Respect to Skier Loading
Date: 2002
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, J. Bruce Jamieson
Description: A Swiss-Canadian data set of over 400 snow profiles from skier-triggered slopes and slopes that have been skied but not triggered was contrasted to de...
Object ID: issw-2002-499-501.pdf
Keywords: snow stratigraphy, avalanche formation, avalanche forecasting, snow cover stability, snow stability evaluation, skier triggering
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