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Title: An Experience of Avalanche Diagnostic and Forecast Models Verification
Date: 2000
Authors: Pavel Chernouss
Description: Verification of several types of avalanche occurrence diagnostic and forecast models used by the Centre of Avalanche Safety in the Khibiny Mountains ...
Object ID: issw-2000-081-085.pdf
Keywords: forecast, model, safety, predictors, snowdrift
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Title: Application of Snow Models to Snow Removal Operations on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park
Date: 2000
Authors: Daniel B. Fagre, Frederick L. Klasner
Description: Snow removal, and the attendant avalanche risk for road crews, is a major issue on mountain highways worldwide. The Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only...
Object ID: issw-2000-266-272.pdf
Keywords: snow plowing, snow models, glacier national park, mountain highways
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Title: Study of the 1999 Avalanches in the Obergoms Valley, Switzerland, With Respect to Avalanche Hazard Mapping
Date: 2000
Authors: Urs Gruber, Perry Bartelt
Description: The Obergoms valley is a highly visited tourist region in south-western Switzerland. It was dramatically struck by avalanches during the Winter of 199...
Object ID: issw-2000-495-500.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, avalanche dynamics, deflecting dams, deposition depths
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Title: A New Swiss Test-Site for Avalanche Experiments in the Vallee de la Sionnei Valais
Date: 1998
Authors: Walter J. Ammann
Description: A new Swiss test-site for avalanche experiments has been built to study the overall dynamic behaviour of dense-flow and powder-snow avalanches and to ...
Object ID: issw-1998-551-558.pdf
Keywords: avalanche deposits, avalanche mechanics, avalanche modelling, avalanche pressure, avalanche velocities, snow load on structures, impact forces
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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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Title: The Stochastic Model of Snow Cover Stability on Mountain Slopes
Date: 1996
Authors: Pavel A. Chernouss, Yury V. Fedorenko
Description: Three-dimensional deterministic model of thin elastic shell on a rigid underlying surface of arbitrary configuration is used as approach to a snow sla...
Object ID: issw-1996-104-106.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, stochastic model, snowpack stability
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Title: Computer Assistance in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 1994
Authors: David M. McClung
Description: In this paper, I discuss two computerized modules for avalanche forecasting, including results of field testing and experiences with the products. Ava...
Object ID: issw-1994-310-313.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, snow profiles, snow stability
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Title: Installation Design of the Avalanche Impact Pylon Facility, Alta, Utah
Date: 1992
Authors: Andrea Clayton, Rand Decker, Charles Richardson, Osamu Abe
Description: In order to research avalanche forces, an impact pylon was installed at Alta Ski Area, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. The pylon is located beneath Mo...
Object ID: issw-1992-182-190.pdf
Keywords: epoxy anchor belts, ski lifts, avalanche path, release
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Title: Computer Graphics Applications in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 1992
Authors: Roger Atkins
Description: Several applications of computer-generated graphics for use in avalanche forecasting are presented. These applications include computer graphics curre...
Object ID: issw-1992-116-125.pdf
Keywords: snow cone, decision making, forecasting
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Title: Computer-Assisted ldentification Potential Avalanche Terrain
Date: 1990
Authors: J. Cartwright, H. Boyne, K. Williams
Description: It has long been recognized that the terrain upon which a snow cover is deposited plays a crucial role in snowpack stability later in the season. Ther...
Object ID: issw-1990-038.pdf
Keywords: terrain, snow cover, snowpack stability, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Computer Helped Avalanche Forecasting in rance
Date: 1988
Authors: Jerome Lafeuille, Eric Brun
Description: Noticeable developments were achieved in recent years in France in the field of avalanche forecasting, due to the evolution of technological, and orga...
Object ID: issw-1988-063-068.pdf
Keywords: computer, forecasting, technology, snow data
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Title: Steps Toward Computer-Aided Snow Safety
Date: 1988
Authors: R. A. Schmidt, Hal Hartman
Description: Applications of small computers in snow safety and avalanche forecasting can be divided into categories like (a) compiling weather and snowpack histor...
Object ID: issw-1988-069-072.pdf
Keywords: safety, forecasting, computer, snowpack, snow data, wind speed
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Title: Comparison of Experimental and Computer Simulated Snow-Block Impact on Structures
Date: 1982
Authors: Lorraine B. Mead, Hideomi Nakamure, Theodore E. Lang
Description: Data from experimental tests of snow block impact against vertical barriers is used to establish values of parameters in order to computer model the ...
Object ID: issw-1982-001-002.pdf
Keywords: computer model, snow block, viscosity
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Title: Computer Systems for Snowpack Prediction
Date: 1982
Authors: Sue A. Ferguson
Description: Avalanche researchers are utilizing more information that is collected and processed by computers. However, often the most interesting information suc...
Object ID: issw-1982-020.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, predictions, computer system
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Title: Computer Systems for Snowpack Prediction
Date: 1982
Authors: Sue A. Ferguson
Description: Avalanche researchers are utilizing more information that is collected and processed by computers. However, often the most interesting information suc...
Object ID: issw-1982-030.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, stratigraphy, forecasting
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