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Title: Wet Snow Pendular Regime: The Amount of Water in Ring-Shaped Configurations: Date: 1998; Authors: A. Denoth; Description: The water saturation of a natural snow cover varies, in general, from zero to approximately 20% of the pore volume, whereby two essentially different ...; Object ID: issw-1998-243-248.pdf; Keywords: snow physics, snow electromagnetic properties, snow water content; View additional details about Wet Snow Pendular Regime: The Amount of Water in Ring-Shaped Configurations

Title: Instrumentation for In-Situ Snow Liquid Water Measurements: Date: 1996; Authors: A.Denoth; Description: Various methods for measuring the liquid water content of a natural snow cover are discussed. An error analysis gives suitable measuring quantities: m...; Object ID: issw-1996-154-157.pdf; Keywords: snow, water, measurement techniques, dielectric sensors; View additional details about Instrumentation for In-Situ Snow Liquid Water Measurements

Title: Automatic Monitoring of Snow Depth: Date: 1996; Authors: Claude Labine; Description: This presentation is a review of the evolution of the measurement of snow depth using an acoustic (ultra sonic) sensor. Originally developed within th...; Object ID: issw-1996-179-183.pdf; Keywords: snow depth, measurement, automatic; View additional details about Automatic Monitoring of Snow Depth

Title: Understanding the Avalanche Beacon for Best Performance: Date: 1994; Authors: David A. Lind; Description: This presentation will attempt to clarify the basic principles in the design and operation of the avalanche beacon. It will deal also with the reasons...; Object ID: issw-1994-415-422.pdf; Keywords: avalanche beacon, avalanche rescue, signal, electromagnetic; View additional details about Understanding the Avalanche Beacon for Best Performance

Title: Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities: Date: 1994; Authors: Edward M. Arons, Samuel C. Colbeck, W. Randy McGilvary, Victor F. Petrenko; Description: The goal of this research was to develop a physical model to explain how the thermal and AC electrical conductivities of snow are affected by fundamen...; Object ID: issw-1994-001.pdf; Keywords: metamorphism, thermal response, resistance network theory, ac electrical conductivity; View additional details about Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities

Title: A Streamlined Collector for Precipitation (ASCOP): Date: 1994; Authors: Thomas Wiesinger, Werner Kroneis; Description: Conventional precipitation gages with a cylindrical shape are a barrier in the wind field and cause the air flow to separate from the rim. to alter it...; Object ID: issw-1994-280-283.pdf; Keywords: aerodynamic blockage, precipiation gages; View additional details about A Streamlined Collector for Precipitation (ASCOP)

Title: Electrical Measurements of Snow Wetness in Undisturbed Snow: Date: 1986; Authors: James A. Bergman; Description: Snow wetness along with other factors can directly affect avalanche potential. During 2 recent winters, the wetness of undisturbed snow at the USDA Fo...; Object ID: issw-1986-064-068.pdf; Keywords: snow wetness, snowpack, twin-disc capacitance sensor; View additional details about Electrical Measurements of Snow Wetness in Undisturbed Snow

Title: In-Situ Strength Measurements of the Snowpack: Date: 1986; Authors: Robert S. Rosso; Description: Two test techniques were developed, one to measure the shear strength of weak layers and another to measure the tensile strength of slab layers in the...; Object ID: issw-1986-210-215.pdf; Keywords: techniques, shear strength, weak layers, startingzones, snow behavior; View additional details about In-Situ Strength Measurements of the Snowpack

Title: Meteorological Support to Avalanche Forecasting in British Columbia: Date: 1976; Authors: T. Gigliotti, L. Parent; Description: This paper will outline briefly the type of services provided by the Pacific Weather Centre in support of Avalanche Forcasting in British Columbia. Th...; Object ID: issw-1976-097-100.pdf; Keywords: snowfall, forecasting, hazard, freezing levels; View additional details about Meteorological Support to Avalanche Forecasting in British Columbia