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Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Risk Mitigation for Specific Objects at Risk: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Krister Kristensen, Hedda Breien, Suzanne Lacasse; Description: Objects and individuals can be exposed to different levels of avalanche hazard. For object specific avalanche forecasting and risk mitigation programs...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-59.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, local forecasting, danger scales, danger levels, probability of occurrence, risk, objects at risk, risk mitigation; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting and Risk Mitigation for Specific Objects at Risk

Title: Protection dâ€™Habitations Contre les Avalanches et les Chutes de Blocs Ouvrages Mixtes: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Julien LORENTZ, BenoÃ®t BOUTILLIER; Description: This article deals with a project located in Val Thorens (Savoie, France), the highest ski resort of Europe at 2 300 m a.s.l. The project focuses on t...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-60.pdf; Keywords: mixed, barrier, avalanche, rock; View additional details about Protection dâ€™Habitations Contre les Avalanches et les Chutes de Blocs Ouvrages Mixtes

Title: Artificial Avalanche Release as a Protection Measure for Major Roads: The Case Study of Road S.S. 21 â€œColle della Maddalenaâ€ (CN, Western Italian Alps): Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Marco Vagliasindi, Alex Theodule, Margherita Maggioni, Elena Levera; Description: The application of artificial release plans to roads safety management is a very promising prospect. Compared to structural measures, this method usua...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-61.pdf; Keywords: pidav, avalanche interaction with roads, artificial release; View additional details about Artificial Avalanche Release as a Protection Measure for Major Roads: The Case Study of Road S.S. 21 â€œColle della Maddalenaâ€ (CN, Western Italian Alps)

Title: Filets de Protection Contre les Avalanches: un Retour dâ€™ExpÃ©rience du Service RTM Pour la DÃ©finition de Consignes de Maintenance: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: RÃ©my Martin; Description: The RTM service is a service specialised in work in Mountain. Since the 1970s it implements and maintains snownet. A feedback on difficulties in the m...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-63.pdf; Keywords: protection equipment against avalanches, snownet, feedback, setpoint maintenances; View additional details about Filets de Protection Contre les Avalanches: un Retour dâ€™ExpÃ©rience du Service RTM Pour la DÃ©finition de Consignes de Maintenance

Title: Improvement and Tracking of Helicopter Avalanche Triggering: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jean Marc Neuville, Julien Aboulin, David Poulet, Bruno Farizy, Vincent HÃ©lary, Roland Didier, Xavier Gallot-LavallÃ©e; Description: This new concept called DaisyTrack is a registration unit complementary to the helicopter triggering system DaisyBell. It enables the person in charge...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-64.pdf; Keywords: preventive avalanche release, gas, traceability, geolocalisation; View additional details about Improvement and Tracking of Helicopter Avalanche Triggering

Title: Vulnerability of a Reinforced Concrete Wall Loaded by a Snow Avalanche: Experimental Testing and FEM Analysis: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Ousset I., Bertrand D., Brun M., Limam A., NaaÃ¯m M.; Description: In 1999 and 2006, in the Chamonix valley (France,74), a protective device dedicated to deflect and stop snow avalanches was partially destroyed. Exper...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-65.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche defense structure, reinforced concrete, civil engineering, finite element method, vulnerability; View additional details about Vulnerability of a Reinforced Concrete Wall Loaded by a Snow Avalanche: Experimental Testing and FEM Analysis

Title: Retour d'ExpÃ©rience sur le Chantier de Claies Paravalanches de Oz-en-Oisans Feedback on the Site Snow Racks Oz-en-Oisans: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Robit P. GTS, Villard N. GTS; Description: In 2010 GTS realized 550m of Snow bridges (Avalanche supporting structures) in the town of Oz-en-Oisans that was asked for by RTM and the General cou...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-66.pdf; Keywords: avalanche supporting structures, carbon impact, experimental site; View additional details about Retour d'ExpÃ©rience sur le Chantier de Claies Paravalanches de Oz-en-Oisans Feedback on the Site Snow Racks Oz-en-Oisans

Title: Automatic Detection of Avalanches Using Infrasound and Seismic Signals: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: A. Schimmel, J. HÃ¼bl; Description: The ability to detect avalanches as they occur is essential for avalanche management and avalanche forecasting. Past studies have shown that avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-67.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, warning systems, infrasound, seismic; View additional details about Automatic Detection of Avalanches Using Infrasound and Seismic Signals

Title: Avalanche Protection Dam of Cialancier in Saint Etienne de TinÃ©e : From 2D Digital Modeling to the Start of the Onsite Work: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Vincent SEGEL, Mathieu SCHMITT, Edith Michel Villaz, Thierry EME, StÃ©phane ROUDNITSKA, Mohamed NAAIM; Description: On 16 December 2008 at 11.15 am, a large scale avalanche started in the upper watershed of the Fougeret couloir and ended its course in the hamlet of ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-68.pdf; Keywords: avalanche protection, modeling, work; View additional details about Avalanche Protection Dam of Cialancier in Saint Etienne de TinÃ©e : From 2D Digital Modeling to the Start of the Onsite Work

Title: Road Network Management in the Context of Natural Hazards: A Decision-Aiding Process Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods and Network Structural Properties Analysis: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Tacnet J.-M., Mermet E., Zadonina E., Deschatres M., Humbert P., Dissart J.-C., Labbe S.; Description: In mountain areas, transport infrastructures (roads, railways) are exposed to natural hazards such as avalanches, torrent floods and rockfalls. Road n...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-69.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, natural hazards, mountains, indirect vulnerability, roads, network structural properties, information quality; View additional details about Road Network Management in the Context of Natural Hazards: A Decision-Aiding Process Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods and Network Structural Properties Analysis

Title: Wet Snow Instabilities â€“ Multiple Approaches to Lift the Veil: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Thomas Wiesinger, Martin Oberhammer, Johann Seiwald, Stefan Koch; Description: Wet snow avalanches are notoriously difficult to predict, since their formation mechanism is poorly understood and because the material snow is exactl...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-70.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, liquid water content, ground penetrating radar, artificial triggering; View additional details about Wet Snow Instabilities â€“ Multiple Approaches to Lift the Veil

Title: Snowmonit - Winner of GMES Best Service Challenge 2012: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Francesco Bartoli; Description: SnowMonit is designed to improve services that treat snow avalanche information through Earth Observation data. Snow accumulation, depth, and water e...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-01.pdf; Keywords: snow, gmes, satellite, wms, wmts, esa; View additional details about Snowmonit - Winner of GMES Best Service Challenge 2012

Title: Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Scott M. Merry, Joshua T. Hewes, Rand Decker; Description: United States (US) has limited experience and lacks approved design guidelines for the design and implementation of snow supporting structures (SSS). ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-10.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard mitigation, snow supporting structures, design guidelines, instrumentation; View additional details about Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming

Title: An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: S. Terzago, M.Faletto, Correspondingauthor, M.C. Prola, S. Fratianni, R. Cremonini, S.Barbero; Description: Ultrasonic snow sensors provide high temporal resolution snow depth and snowfall data used for hydrological applications and avalanche risk assessmen...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-12.pdf; Keywords: ultrasonic snow measurements, snow depth, automatic validation; View additional details about An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements

Title: Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Langlois, A., Royer, A.; Description: Snow cover plays a key role in the climate system by influencing the transfer of energy, gas and mass between the soil and the atmosphere. In particul...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-13.pdf; Keywords: snow, passive microwave, model, snowpack, memls, swe, avalanche; View additional details about Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing

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