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Title: Avalanches and the 2002 Olympic Games; A Panel Discussion
Date: 1998
Authors: Bruce Tremper, Doug Abromeit, Tom Leonard, Jim Steenburgh, Chris Stethem
Description: Identify problems and issues that affect avalanche safety at large alpine events and propose solutions and suggestions.
Object ID: issw-1998-354-358.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche defense, avalanche protection, avalanche forecasting, avalanche countermeasures, avalanche rescue
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Title: Snow Stability Patterns in the Bridger Range, Montana
Date: 1998
Authors: Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Though avalanche workers and scientists recognize that distinct patterns of snow stability exist in mountainous terrain, no field-based research has b...
Object ID: issw-1998-362-367.pdf
Keywords: wind exposure, avalanche forecasters, snow stability
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Title: A Decade of Data Dilemma; The Development of a Relational Database at Alta, Utah
Date: 1998
Authors: Daniel Howlett, Randy Trover
Description: For over ten years Alta Ski Lifts Snow Safety has been developing software specifically for use within the ski area to assist in data collection, grap...
Object ID: issw-1998-390-404.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche types, snow accumulation, snow precipitation
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Title: NivoLog: An Avalanche Forecasting Support System
Date: 1998
Authors: Dr. Robert Bolognesi
Description: NivoLogis an avalanche forecasting support system designed to be daily used by forecasters or ski patrol men who have to secure mountainous regions, ...
Object ID: issw-1998-412-418.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche protection, avalanche engineering
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Title: Analysis of Process Oriented Avalanche Forecasting Technique Followed at Sase, Manali, India
Date: 1998
Authors: A.Ganju, D.K. Prashar, Naresh Thakur
Description: Avalanche forecasting technique followed at SASE has evolved with experience, knowledge and science. Starting with the simplistic approach of snowfal...
Object ID: issw-1998-419-425.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowfall, modeling
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Title: The Seven Elements of Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 1998
Authors: David M. McClung
Description: The first element of avalanche forecasting is the definition: the prediction of current and future snow instability in space and time relative to a gi...
Object ID: issw-1998-426.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, avalanche accidents
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Title: Modification of the Avalanche Hazard Index for Operational Analysis of a Specific Highway and Improved Comparative Analysis of Multiple Highways
Date: 1998
Authors: Steve Conger, Ritchie Taylor
Description: This paper explores the notion that the Avalanche Hazard Index can be used for operational analysis of avalanche hazard over time of a specific road u...
Object ID: issw-1998-447-455.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, avalanche forecasting, avalanche countermeasures
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Title: Why Measure New Snow Density - Precipitation and Air Temperature?
Date: 1998
Authors: H. Conway, C. Wilbour
Description: The evolution of snow slope stability during storms is investigated using simple models to calculate the shear strength of a buried layer (from its de...
Object ID: issw-1998-466-473.pdf
Keywords: storm and avalanche cycles, snow slope stability
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Title: Slab Avalanches and New Snow
Date: 1998
Authors: Alain Duclos
Description: A three-year study based on observations carried out both on the field and inside the laboratory has enabled us to describe accurately 22 slab avalanc...
Object ID: issw-1998-478-488.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow cover stability, snow stratigraphy
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Title: Effectively Using and Interpreting Stability Tests
Date: 1998
Authors: Ron Johnson, Karl Birkeland
Description: Determining the likelihood of an avalanche occurring on a given slope is a critical decision faced by both avalanche professionals and backcountry ent...
Object ID: issw-1998-562-565.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, stability tests, avalanche forecasting, avalanches
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Title: The Cantilever Beam or Bridgeblock Snow Strength Test
Date: 1998
Authors: Craig Sterbenz
Description: Weak layers buried within the snowpack are chiefly responsible for slab avalanche formation. These weak layers tend to fail in shear when subjected to...
Object ID: issw-1998-566-573.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche formation, snow mechanics, snow hardness, snow strength
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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: Analysis of Weather and Avalanche Records from Alta, Utah and Mammoth Mountain, California Using Classification Trees
Date: 1996
Authors: Robert E. Davis, Kelly Elder, Daniel Howlett, Eddy Bouzaglou
Description: Weather and avalanche observations from Alta, Utah for the period 1983-1994 provided the basis of this analysis, which used classification and regress...
Object ID: issw-1996-014-018.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, storm cycle, classification trees, avalanche forecast
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Title: Data Magic: Converting Automated Hourly Data into Reliable Climate Information
Date: 1996
Authors: S. Breytogle, S.A. Ferguson, D. Judd, R. Marriott, M.B. Moores, P. Pasteris, K. Redmond
Description: The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) began building a network of automated weather stations shortly after they began forecasting in 1976. Since then ...
Object ID: issw-1996-014a.pdf
Keywords: weather stations, snow layers, climate
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Title: Geliniv for Windows - An Integrated Software for Snow Data Analysis
Date: 1996
Authors: J.L. Dumas, C. Gendre
Description: For more than twelve years, the CEN (Snow Study Center) has been developing operational software for snow data analysis. Various applications are avai...
Object ID: issw-1996-019-026.pdf
Keywords: software, database, computer, application
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