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Title: Interpreting Fracture Character in Stability Tests: Date: 2002; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Bruce Jamieson; Description: For at least a decade or two, some avalanche safety programs have recorded and interpreted the character of fractures in stability tests. It has been ...; Object ID: issw-2002-514-520.pdf; Keywords: snow stability tests, snow fracture, snow layer, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Interpreting Fracture Character in Stability Tests

Title: Avalanche Warning Switzerland Consequences of the Avalanche Winter 1999: Date: 2002; Authors: Jakob Rhyner, Michael Brundl, Hans-Jurg Etter, Manfred Steiniger, Urs Stockli, Thomas Stucki, Martin Zimmerli, Walter Ammann; Description: During the last few years the Swiss avalanche warning service has undergone a major development in terms of utilization of communication and informati...; Object ID: issw-2002-561-568.pdf; Keywords: avalanche bulletin, avalanche countermeasures, avalanche forecasting, avalanche warning, communication; View additional details about Avalanche Warning Switzerland Consequences of the Avalanche Winter 1999

Title: NXD2000: An Improved Avalanche Forecasting Program Based on the Nearest Neighbor Method: Date: 2000; Authors: Martin Gassner, Hans-Jurg Etter, Karl Birkeland, Tom Leonard; Description: To assist local avalanche forecasters, Buser (1983) developed an avalanche prediction system based on the nearest neighbor method. NXD2000 is an impr...; Object ID: issw-2000-052-059.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche forecasting models, nearest neighbors; View additional details about NXD2000: An Improved Avalanche Forecasting Program Based on the Nearest Neighbor Method

Title: RAIFoS: Regional Avalanche Information and Forecasting System: Date: 2000; Authors: Bernhard Brabec, Roland Meister, Norbert Raderschall, Urs Stockli, Andreas Stoffel, Thomas Stucki; Description: Besides the text-based and Swisswide national avalanche forecasts regional avalanche forecasts have been introduced in Switzerland in 1996. Each of th...; Object ID: issw-2000-060-065.pdf; Keywords: avalanche warning, regional avalanche forecast, statistical models, nearest neighbours; View additional details about RAIFoS: Regional Avalanche Information and Forecasting System

Title: New Perspective on Computer-Aided Avalanche Forecasting: Scale and Scale Issues: Date: 2000; Authors: Pascal Hageli, David M. McClung; Description: This paper discusses the problems related to scale in avalanche forecasting models. The term 'scale' refers to a characteristic length or time of a p...; Object ID: issw-2000-066-073.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, scale, computer models; View additional details about New Perspective on Computer-Aided Avalanche Forecasting: Scale and Scale Issues

Title: Verification of High-Resolution Numerical Weather Models with Regard to Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 2000; Authors: Claudia Roeger, David McClung, Roland Stull, Josh Hacker, Henryk Modzelewski; Description: Meteorological factors are of major importance in avalanche forecasting. For regional (office-based) avalanche hazard evaluation, high-quality meteor...; Object ID: issw-2000-074-077.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, high-resolution numerical weather prediction, weather forecast verification; View additional details about Verification of High-Resolution Numerical Weather Models with Regard to Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Case Study of a Deep Slab Instability and Associated Dry Avalanches: Date: 2000; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Torsten Geldsetzer, Chris Stethem; Description: This study considers the predictive merit of weather and snowpack data for avalanches that released throughout the winter on a layer of faceted crysta...; Object ID: issw-2000-101-108.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche formation, faceted crystals, snow cover stability, snow cover structure, snow stratigraphy; View additional details about Case Study of a Deep Slab Instability and Associated Dry Avalanches

Title: Snow Stability Trends at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado: Date: 2000; Authors: Mark Mueller; Description: While studying historical weather and avalanche data for Wolf Creek Pass (US 160), Colorado, I identified a relationship between average new snow dens...; Object ID: issw-2000-147-152.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, snow stability, weather and avalanche historical data; View additional details about Snow Stability Trends at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado

Title: Avalanche Forecasting at Stevens Pass Part II Ski Area Rating for Avalanche Potential: Date: 2000; Authors: Jon Andrews; Description: In 1994 we started a new program for avalanche control purposes at the Stevens Pass ski area. We have given the U.S. avalanche danger scale nine weath...; Object ID: issw-2000-153-157.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski area, control, danger scale; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting at Stevens Pass Part II Ski Area Rating for Avalanche Potential

Title: Avalanche Information System for Protection of Roads: The BONNEVAL-SUR-ARC Pilot Project, Savoy, France: Date: 2000; Authors: Alain Duclos, Leon Personnnaz et Isabelle Rivals; Description: Every winter, avalanches close the access road to the village of Bonneval-sur-Arc in Savoy, France. Large airborne avalanches have deposited up to ten...; Object ID: issw-2000-158-166.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, roads security, information system, neural networks; View additional details about Avalanche Information System for Protection of Roads: The BONNEVAL-SUR-ARC Pilot Project, Savoy, France

Title: Forecasting Factors for Skier-Triggered Avalanches at a Helicopter Skiing Operation: Date: 2000; Authors: Alan S.T. Jones, Bruce Jamieson, Mike Wiegele; Description: To forecast skier-triggered avalanches, stability, snowpack and meteorological variables, and records of previous avalanche activity are typically use...; Object ID: issw-2000-184-191.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche triggering, skier triggering; View additional details about Forecasting Factors for Skier-Triggered Avalanches at a Helicopter Skiing Operation

Title: Snow Profile Interpretation: Date: 2000; Authors: Thomas Wiesinger, Jurg Schweizer; Description: Snow profile interpretation is part of the every day work of any avalanche forecasting service. However, profile evaluation is considered rather an ar...; Object ID: issw-2000-223-229.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability evaluation, stability tests; View additional details about Snow Profile Interpretation

Title: Quantified Loaded Column Stability Test: Mechanics, Methodology, & Preliminary Trials: Date: 2000; Authors: Christopher C. Landry, John J. Borkowski, Robert L. Brown; Description: Avalanche forecasters have employed ad-hoc "collapse" (loaded column) stability tests for decades, stacking blocks of snow on top of an isolated colum...; Object ID: issw-2000-230-237.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, stability test; View additional details about Quantified Loaded Column Stability Test: Mechanics, Methodology, & Preliminary Trials

Title: The Factors Leading to the Closing of Two Alaska Heli-Ski Operations in Spring 2000: Date: 2000; Authors: Jerry Hance; Description: The snow and avalanche cycle that took place in January and early February throughout many parts of Alaska, that closed highway, destroyed homes and t...; Object ID: issw-2000-472-474.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, heli operations, safety, avalanche cycle; View additional details about The Factors Leading to the Closing of Two Alaska Heli-Ski Operations in Spring 2000

Title: Snow and Avalanches Forecasting Over the Andes Mountains: Date: 2000; Authors: Jose A. Vergara, Rene Leon; Description: During the last three years (1998-2000), the University of Chile and COOElCO ANOINA has directed significant research towards the implementation and e...; Object ID: issw-2000-566-571.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanches, meteorology, andes mountains, chile; View additional details about Snow and Avalanches Forecasting Over the Andes Mountains

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