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Title: Seasonal Change in Conditions for Occurrence of Wet Snow Avalanches in Hokkaido
Date: 2012
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shinji Ikeda, Yasuhiko Ito
Description: To clarify the meteorological conditions for occurrence of wet snow avalanches in Hokkaido, located in the northern part of Japan, data analysis have ...
Object ID: issw-2012-878-883.pdf
Keywords: wet snow avalanches, full depth avalanche, temporal changes
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Title: Public Avalanche Forecast Challenges: Canada’s Large Data-Sparse Regions
Date: 2012
Authors: Ilya Storm
Description: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) provides regional avalanche forecasts to recreational backcountry users for large areas in western Canada. This p...
Object ID: issw-2012-908-912.pdf
Keywords: canadian avalanche centre, network systems, public safety
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Title: Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska
Date: 2012
Authors: Wendy Wagner
Description: Turnagain Pass, Alaska, which is a popular destination for backcountry enthusiasts located 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, does not fit neatly into ...
Object ID: issw-2012-913-917.pdf
Keywords: backcountry, snow climate, avalanche terrain
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Title: Snow Cover Dynamics and Ecology: An Analysis of Modis Time Series in the Italian Alps
Date: 2012
Authors: Godone D., Terzago S., Filippa G., Fratianni S., Garnero G., Barbero S., Rivella E., Freppaz M.
Description: snow cover is a critical factor among environmental variables in mountainous ecosystems. It influences several processes such as water supply, avalanc...
Object ID: issw-2012-948-955.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, topography, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Monitoring Snowpack Temperature Gradient Using Automatic Snow Depth Sensor
Date: 2012
Authors: Örn Ingólfsson, Harpa Grímsdóttir, Magni Hreinn Jónsson
Description: An instrument for measuring snow depth and snow temperature has been developed by POLS engineering in Iceland. The snow sensor (SM4) consists of a ser...
Object ID: issw-2012-956-960.pdf
Keywords: snow sensor, avalanche monitoring, snowpack temperature, faceted crystals, weak layers
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Title: Automatically Finding Avalanches in Geophone Data: A Pattern Recognition Workflow
Date: 2012
Authors: Marc J. Rubin, Tracy Camp, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: In this article we summarize a pattern recognition workflow to automatically detect avalanche events from passive seismic data collected from geophon...
Object ID: issw-2012-989-992.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, danger level, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Modeled Snow Cover in Pyrenees Mountains and Cross-Comparisons Between Remote-Sensed and Land-Based Observation Data
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud, Daniel Goetz, Malou Maris, Valentin Payen
Description: Only few studies have already attempted to assess the distribution and magnitude of seasonal snowpack under the varying climate of the Pyrenees. In us...
Object ID: issw-2012-998-1004.pdf
Keywords: snow depth comparisons, modis remote-sensed data, climatology, scm chain
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Title: What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds
Date: 2012
Authors: Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Katuhiro Maki, Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
Description: In this paper, acoustic characteristic of sound insulation of two different snow packs: (1) a natural snow pack; and (2) a compressed snow by stomping...
Object ID: issw-2012-1011-1016.pdf
Keywords: acoustics, snow pack, ski poles, snow burial
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Title: Analysis of Continuous Snow Temperature Profiles From Automatic Weather Stations in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)
Date: 2012
Authors: M. Maggioni, G. Filippa, E. Zanini, M. Freppaz
Description: Snow temperatures are strictly related to the heat balance of the snowpack and are commonly used to calculate the temperature gradient, which is one ...
Object ID: issw-2012-1017-1022.pdf
Keywords: snow temperature, weather stations, avalanche warnings
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Title: Surface Hoar Distribution at the Scale of a Helicopter Skiing Operation
Date: 2012
Authors: Matthew Borish, Karl W. Birkeland, Stephan Custer, Stuart Challender, Jordy Hendrikx
Description: Understanding what controls coarse scale snowpack properties, such as surface hoar distribution, is imperative for predicting snow avalanches. Due in ...
Object ID: issw-2012-1040-1046.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, surface hoar, spatial variability, weak layers
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Title: Internet and Social Networking: A Chance for Avalanche Education?
Date: 2012
Authors: Thierry Vallée
Description: Community websites about backcountry skiing are the places where avalanches are discussed. Beginners can learn, experienced people and professionals ...
Object ID: issw-2012-381-386.pdf
Keywords: backcountry recreationists, weather measurments, public safety
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Title: On Avalanche (Front) Velocity Measurements at the Ryggfonn Avalanche Test Site and Comparison With Observations From Other Locations
Date: 2012
Authors: Peter Gauer
Description: Besides the runout distance of an avalanche, information on avalanche intensity along the path are often required for hazard zoning or planning of mi...
Object ID: issw-2012-427-432.pdf
Keywords: hazard zoning, runout, avalanche velocities
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Title: Field and Analytical Examination of Near-Surface Facets
Date: 2010
Authors: Andrew E. Slaughter, Edward E. Adams
Description: North- and south-facing field research locations were established that included meteorological stations coupled with daily observations and grain-scal...
Object ID: ISSW_O-006.pdf
Keywords: near-surface facets, radiation recrystallization, heat-transfer model, sensitivity analysis, monte carlo simulations
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Title: The Creation of Snow Crystal Identification Guidelines Through Photgraphic Analysis
Date: 2010
Authors: Douglas P. Catharine, Douglas M. McCabe, Irene E. Henninger, Thomas S. Leonard, Ethan M. Greaves
Description: Snow crystal identifications are a widely utilized and international observation. Crystal identification is utilized in various situations, including ...
Object ID: issw-2010-catharine-poster.pdf
Keywords: snow crystal, photographic analysis, avalanche observation, metamorphism
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Title: Applied Judgement and Avalanche Information Technology
Date: 2010
Authors: Steven M. Conger
Description: This paper and poster present a component of the larger paper described in the submitted abstract. It describes an avalanche forecasting work process...
Object ID: ISSW_P-065.pdf
Keywords: electronic observation recording, data storage system, methodology, technology, hazard
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