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Title: Erfahrungen mit der Gratlawine be i Blatten, Kt. Wallis, Schweiz: Date: 2009; Authors: Peter Schwitter, Lukas Stoffel; Description: Am 22. Februar 1999 ging die Gratlawine bei Blatten in sehr grossem Ausmass nieder. 15 GebÃ¤ude wurden total zerstÃ¶rt, 24 GebÃ¤ude beschÃ¤di...; Object ID: issw-2009-0035-0038.pdf; Keywords: lawinen, fallbeispiel, baulicher lawinenschutz, temporÃ¤re lawinenschutzmassnahmen, kÃ¼nstliche lawinenauslÃ¶sung; View additional details about Erfahrungen mit der Gratlawine be i Blatten, Kt. Wallis, Schweiz

Title: Avalanches and Snow Mobile Traffic Around Longyearbyen, Svalbard: Date: 2009; Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Hanne H. Christiansen, Ullrich Neumann; Description: Longyearbyen is situated in a mountainous landscape, thus infrastructure, living and travelling in and around Longyearbyen is highly affected by moun...; Object ID: issw-2009-0044-0047.pdf; Keywords: high arctic, svalbard, snow avalanches, radar traffic counting; View additional details about Avalanches and Snow Mobile Traffic Around Longyearbyen, Svalbard

Title: Visualization of Three-Dimensional Snow: How to Use it in Snow Education: Date: 2009; Authors: Martin Heggli, Matthias Jaggi, Bernd Pinzer, Stephen Steiner, Thiemo Theile, Martin Schneebeli; Description: Traditionally, the shape of snow crystals is studied on a crystal screen. Therefore, snow is implicitly considered as a material composed of individua...; Object ID: issw-2009-0062-0066.pdf; Keywords: microstructure, micro-ct, serial sections, surface rendering, anaglyph, replica method; View additional details about Visualization of Three-Dimensional Snow: How to Use it in Snow Education

Title: Snow Characterization by Optical Properties: Date: 2009; Authors: Mathias Gergely, Martin Schneebeli, Kurt Roth; Description: Snow optics offers an opportunity to measure physical properties of a vertical snow profile or a snow surface by unbiased, high-resolution and time-s...; Object ID: issw-2009-0087-0091.pdf; Keywords: optical properties, reflectance, transmittance, grain size, density; View additional details about Snow Characterization by Optical Properties

Title: Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples: Date: 2009; Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Robert Ernst, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, JÃ¼rg Dual; Description: Natural dry-snow slab avalanches start with a failure within a weak snow layer. In order to understand the mechanical behaviour and the failure mechan...; Object ID: issw-2009-0120-0123.pdf; Keywords: snow mechanical properties, shear strength, acoustic emission, dry-snow slab avalanche, piv; View additional details about Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples

Title: Snow Profiling at Weissfluhjoch: Date: 2009; Authors: Roland Meister; Description: Systematic snow and avalanche research in Switzerland started shortly after 1932, when the Swiss snow and avalanche commission was founded and the cab...; Object ID: issw-2009-0124-0128.pdf; Keywords: weissfluhjoch research station, snow metamorphism, swiss ramsonde, avalanche formation, pattern recognition, avalanche warning; View additional details about Snow Profiling at Weissfluhjoch

Title: SPA - Snow Pack Analysing System: Date: 2009; Authors: Reinhard Fiel, Wolfram Sommer, Thomas Rentsch; Description: The Snow Pack Analysing System is an automatic in-situ measurement system to determine the characteristics of snow covers. Measurements of the complex...; Object ID: issw-2009-0129-0131.pdf; Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, liquid water content, in-situ measurement; View additional details about SPA - Snow Pack Analysing System

Title: Systematic Assessment of New Snow Settlement in Snowpack: Date: 2009; Authors: W. Steinkogler, C. Fierz, M. Lehning, F. Obleitner; Description: New snow settlement in the very first hours and days after a snowfall has not yet been fully understood. Modelling errors at this initial stage propag...; Object ID: issw-2009-0132-0135.pdf; Keywords: new snow, settlement, snowpack, snow harps; View additional details about Systematic Assessment of New Snow Settlement in Snowpack

Title: Aerodynamic and Surface Characteristic Length Scales of Snow Covered Flat Planes: Date: 2009; Authors: Christof Gromke, Michele Guala, Costantino Manes, Benjamin Walter, Michael Lehning; Description: Velocity profiles over fresh fallen snow surfaces have been measured in the SLF cold atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel. Aerodynamic roughness le...; Object ID: issw-2009-0136-0140.pdf; Keywords: aerodynamic roughness length, digital image analysis, snow surface roughness, structure functions, surface characteristic length scales, turbulent boundary layer flow; View additional details about Aerodynamic and Surface Characteristic Length Scales of Snow Covered Flat Planes

Title: Understanding Snow Transport Processes Shaping the Mountain Snow-Cover: Date: 2009; Authors: Rebecca Mott, Michael Schirmer, Thomas GrÃ¼newald, Michael Lehning; Description: In alpine terrain the snow cover is heterogeneously distributed as a result of wind and precipitation interacting with the snow cover at various scale...; Object ID: issw-2009-0141-0145.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, small scale wind fields, snow transport processes; View additional details about Understanding Snow Transport Processes Shaping the Mountain Snow-Cover

Title: Online NWP-Model Data as Boundary Conditions for Snow Drift Simulation: Date: 2009; Authors: Simon Schneiderbauer, Stefan Pirker; Description: The open boundary conditions for the computational fluid dynamics simulation of the micro- and meso-scale flow over the Grimming mountain, Austria, ar...; Object ID: issw-2009-0146-0150.pdf; Keywords: open boundary conditions, optimization, boussinesq approximation, cfd; View additional details about Online NWP-Model Data as Boundary Conditions for Snow Drift Simulation

Title: Measurements of Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Variability of Snow Depth and SWE in a Small Mountain Catchment: Date: 2009; Authors: T. GrÃ¼newald, M. Schirmer, M. Lehning; Description: Using a new type of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), which is particularly suited for measurements of snow covered surfaces, we monitored snow depth, ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0151-0154.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, snow water equivalent, snow depth, terrestrial laser scanner, melt rates; View additional details about Measurements of Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Variability of Snow Depth and SWE in a Small Mountain Catchment

Title: Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Snow Depth Changes in a Steep Rock Face: Date: 2009; Authors: Vanessa Wirz, Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning; Description: To understand snow distribution in steep rock walls a high resolution terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to achieve precise snow height digital...; Object ID: issw-2009-0155-0159.pdf; Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth changes, rock face, snow distribution; View additional details about Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Snow Depth Changes in a Steep Rock Face

Title: The Influence of Aspect on Physical and Chemical Properties of the Snow Cover in a Basin on the Monte Rosa Massif (North-Western Italian Alps): Date: 2009; Authors: A. Brulport, M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz, G. Filippa, E. Squinobal; Description: In Alpine ecosystems, snowpacks are characterized by both spatial and temporal variability, as a function of topographical and meteorological factors....; Object ID: issw-2009-0160-0164.pdf; Keywords: snowpack variability, topography, snow chemistry, stability; View additional details about The Influence of Aspect on Physical and Chemical Properties of the Snow Cover in a Basin on the Monte Rosa Massif (North-Western Italian Alps)

Title: Satellite Observed SCA and Gamma Distributed Snow in the HBV Model: Date: 2009; Authors: Thomas Skaugen, Frode Randen; Description: Areas having a seasonal snowpack experience a risk of melt-floods. The magnitude of such a flood is highly dependent on the available water stored in ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0184-0186.pdf; Keywords: snow modelling, satellite observed sca, swe, snow distribution; View additional details about Satellite Observed SCA and Gamma Distributed Snow in the HBV Model

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