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Title: Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography: Date: 2012; Authors: Sebastian Feick, Christoph Mitterer, Lisa Dreier, Stephan Harvey, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: On steep slopes the full snowpack can glide on the ground, tension cracks may open and eventually the slope fails as full-depth avalanche (glide-snow ...; Object ID: issw-2012-603-609.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, soil-snow interface, time lapse camera; View additional details about Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography

Title: Time-Lapse Photography as an Approach to Understanding Glide Avalanche Activity: Date: 2012; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Avalanches resulting from glide cracks are notoriously difficult to forecast, but are a recurring problem for numerous avalanche forecasting programs...; Object ID: issw-2012-872-877.pdf; Keywords: glide crack activity, time lapse camera, going to the sun road, meteorology; View additional details about Time-Lapse Photography as an Approach to Understanding Glide Avalanche Activity

Title: Monitoring Glide Avalanches Using Time-Lapse Photography: Date: 2012; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Ron Simenhois; Description: Glide avalanches can present a significant hazard to people and property in snowy climates. These often destructive avalanches are difficult to foreca...; Object ID: issw-2012-899-903.pdf; Keywords: glide avalaches, time-lapse photography, start zones, switzerland; View additional details about Monitoring Glide Avalanches Using Time-Lapse Photography

Title: A Practitionerâ€™s Tool for Assessing Glide Crack Activity: Date: 2010; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Glide cracks can result in full-depth glide avalanche release. Avalanches from glide cracks are notoriously difficult to forecast, but are a reoccurri...; Object ID: ISSW_P-009.pdf; Keywords: glide crack activity, snow climates, going to the sun road, forecasting; View additional details about A Practitionerâ€™s Tool for Assessing Glide Crack Activity

Title: Avalanche Activity on US Highway 12: Date: 2010; Authors: Mick Riffie; Description: US 12 in Idaho runs east from Lewiston, Idaho to the Montana border at Lolo Pass and on to Missoula. Travelling east of the town of Kooskia, the highw...; Object ID: ISSW_P-097.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard, us highway 12, kooskia; View additional details about Avalanche Activity on US Highway 12

Title: Meteorological and Environmental Observations from Three Glide Avalanche Cycles and the Resulting Hazard Management Technique: Date: 2010; Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland; Description: Glide avalanches are a significant hazard that threatens people and property in many snowy climates. They are hard to control, poorly understood, and ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-104.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, cylces, hazard management, snowpack; View additional details about Meteorological and Environmental Observations from Three Glide Avalanche Cycles and the Resulting Hazard Management Technique

Title: Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA: Date: 2009; Authors: John Stimberis, Charles M. Rubin; Description: Rain-on-snow events trigger immediate and delayed avalanches as liquid water penetrates the snowpack. We present results from an extreme rain-on-snow ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0301-0305.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, rain-on-snow, snow glide; View additional details about Glide Avalanche Response to an Extreme Rain-on-Snow Event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA

Title: Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre; Description: Historically, wet snow avalanche phenomena, such as wet slab avalanches and glide avalanches, have not been operational forecasting concerns because s...; Object ID: P__8243.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, avalanche forecasting, glacier national park; View additional details about Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana

Title: Rockface Glide Avalanche Detection: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: John Stimberis, Charles Rubin; Description: A smooth rock slab, known as Rock Face, is exposed 2.5 km north-northwest of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington adjacent to the Alpental Ski Area. Rock Face,...; Object ID: P__8156.pdf; Keywords: avalanche detection, glide avalanche, forecasting; View additional details about Rockface Glide Avalanche Detection

Title: Interfacial Crack Velocities in a Snow Slab â€“ Numerical Simulation: Date: 2006; Authors: P. Mahajan, S.K. Joshi; Description: A snow pack consists of weak layers embedded in strong layers. The interface bond between a weak layer and layers in between which it is sandwiched m...; Object ID: issw-2006-092-100.pdf; Keywords: cohesive zone, dynamic crack growth, weak layer, snow, finite element; View additional details about Interfacial Crack Velocities in a Snow Slab â€“ Numerical Simulation

Title: Slab Avalanche Triggering: A Combination of Four Basic Phenomena in Series: Date: 2006; Authors: Alain Duclos, FranÃ§ois Louchet; Description: There is still a significant gap between models describing slab avalanche triggering mechanisms and practical field applications in terms of risk pre...; Object ID: issw-2006-101-106.pdf; Keywords: avalanche triggering, crack propagation, avalanche program; View additional details about Slab Avalanche Triggering: A Combination of Four Basic Phenomena in Series

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: The Spatial Distribution and Impact on Avalanche Condition of a Dust-on-Snow Event in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Date: 2006; Authors: Scott Toepfer, Leif Borgeson, Bruce Edgerly, Ethan Greene, Peter Inglis, Halsted Morris, Brad Sawtell, Craig Sterbenz; Description: On the afternoon of February 14th, and continuing into the morning of February 16th, 2006, strong winds across the desert southwest of the United Stat...; Object ID: issw-2006-913-916.pdf; Keywords: dust-on-snow, avalanche cycle, case study; View additional details about The Spatial Distribution and Impact on Avalanche Condition of a Dust-on-Snow Event in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Title: Variability of Snowiness and Avalanche Activity in Zailiyskiy Alatau, Kazakhstan: Date: 2004; Authors: V. Blagovechshensky, O. Berman, I. Kondrashov , N. Pimankina; Description: The Zailiyskiy Alatau range is located in the Central Asia. It is the most northern range of the Tien Shan Mountains. Interannual variability of a sn...; Object ID: issw-2004-244.pdf; Keywords: weather, avalanche, snow cover, precipitation; View additional details about Variability of Snowiness and Avalanche Activity in Zailiyskiy Alatau, Kazakhstan

Title: A New Approach for the Sub Zonation of Snow Climatic Zones of Western Himalayan Region, India: Date: 2004; Authors: H.S. Gusain, Ashwagosha Ganju, Sanjay Vaidya; Description: The Western Himalayan region is broadly categorized into three distinct snow climatic zones, namely Lower, Middle and Upper snow climatic zones (Shar...; Object ID: issw-2004-246.pdf; Keywords: red, forecasting, deposited layer, temperature gradient; View additional details about A New Approach for the Sub Zonation of Snow Climatic Zones of Western Himalayan Region, India

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