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Title: Stability Tests and Their Association With the Local Avalanche Danger
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Shane Haladuick, Michael Schirmer, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The avalanche forecast regions in Canada range from 100 to 30,000 km2, far larger than the 10 km2 covered in a typical backcountry day. This differenc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-01.pdf
Keywords: local avalanche danger, compression test, rutschblock test, avalanche problem, avalanche forecasting
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Title: The ‘Optimal Skiing Day’: The Future of Ski Resorts Under Climate Change Conditions
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude
Description: The purpose of this presentation is to implement and apply a model permitting to identify and assess the most economical days of a skiing season in or...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-27.pdf
Keywords: climate change, skiing tourism, profitability, modeling, christmas-easter-shift
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Title: Peut-On Identifier des Conditions Favorables au Départ d’Avalanches de Plaques de Fond en Neige Sèche Grâce à la Modélisation de la Neige?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gilles Brunot
Description: The conditions of natural triggering of full-depth slab avalanches are not well known. The mechanism is complex , due to creep phenomena which are ver...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-02.pdf
Keywords: full depth avalanche, favourable conditions, triggering, modelling
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Title: Toward Better Decision Tools for the Management of Frequent Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Segor, V., Pitet, L., Bovet E., Dellavedova P., Sovilla B., Steinkogler W., Veitinger J., Maggioni M., Chiambretti I., Prola M.
Description: Avalanche safety personnel often face with the problem of whether to close a road or a ski-resort exposed frequently to avalanches. Such decisions are...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-03.pdf
Keywords: strada, frequent avalanches, management, routes, ski-resorts, strategies
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Title: New Tool for Avalanche Forecasting in the Krkonoše Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Roman Juras, Jiří Pavlásek, Jan Blahůt, Petr Bašta, Zbyněk Klose, Vítěslav Moudrý, Jan Balek
Description: The Krkonoše Mts., with the highest peak reaching 1602 m a.s.l., is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Despite its low altitude they...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-09.pdf
Keywords: czech republic, expert forecasting system, modelling
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Title: Analysis of Detected Avalanches by Using Meteorological Data of Nearby Monitoring Stations in Ischgl Austria
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lisa Jöbstl, Arnold Studeregger, Arnulf Wurzer, Daniel Stock, Richard Koschuh
Description: A set of detected avalanches from January to April 2012 on a hillside southeast of Ischgl, Austria is given. The avalanches are off-the-cut or caused ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-17.pdf
Keywords: detected avalanches, meteorological weather stations, avalanche danger, snow pack
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Title: Avalanches Induced by Earthquake in North Tochigi Prefecture on 25 February 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Shinji Ikeda, Yasuhiko Ito, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
Description: We have investigated characteristics of avalanches induced by the North Tochigi Prefecture earthquake with magnitude of 6.3 on February 2012 in Japan ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-41.pdf
Keywords: earthquake-induced avalanches, snow pit observation, stability index
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Title: Experiences from a Heavy Avalanche Season 2013, Caused by a Weak Snow Layer, and Leading to Several Road Closures in Northern Norway
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Silje S. Haaland, Jeanette Kvalvaagnes, Ole-André Helgaas
Description: During the last week of March and first days of April 2013 a significant large number of avalanches hit roads and cut off all infrastructures to sever...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-58.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, avalanche, weak layers, norway
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Title: A Comparison of Terrain-Based Parameter, Wind-Field Modelling and TLS Snow Depth Data for Snow Drift Modelling
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Peter Schön, Vincent Vionnet, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Hervet Bellot, Florain Singer, Kouichi Nishimura
Description: Wind and the associated snow drift are dominating factors determining the snow distribution and accumulation in alpine areas, resulting in a in high s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-60.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, redistribution, tls, terrain parameter, arps
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Title: Simulations of Blowing Snow Over Antarctica
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Hubert Gallée, Alexandre Trouvilliez, Charles Amory, Cécile Agosta, Christophe Genthon, Xavier Fettweis, Vincent Favier, Florence Naaim-Bouvet
Description: The regional climate model MAR has been used to simulate transport of snow by the wind in Adélie Land, Antarctica, over a small domain (500 x 500 k...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-64.pdf
Keywords: climate modeling, antarctica, snow transport by the wind, snow pack
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Title: Tracking Melt-Freeze Crust Evolution in Val d’Aran (Catalan Pyrenees)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jon Apodaka, Montserrat Bacardit, Iván Moner, Jordi Gavaldá
Description: In the Pyrenees, melt-freeze and wind crusts are a very common element in the snow cover. Such layers have an important role in both dry and wet slab ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-03.pdf
Keywords: melt-freeze crust, tracking, evolution, nivology, val d’aran, pyrenees
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Title: Linking Weather Conditions to Snow Property Variations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Jürg Schweizer
Description: One of the challenges to modern avalanche forecasting is to enhance the forecasts’ content with information on how snow instability varies in t...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-08.pdf
Keywords: snow microstructure, snow properties, fracture, snow stability, spatial variability, weather
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Title: Climatological Comparison of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Snow Seasons in Central and Western Spanish Pyrenees and its Relationship With the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: José Antonio Vada, Javier Rodríguez-Marcos, Samuel Buisán, Ismael San Ambrosio
Description: The 2011–2012 winter season can be considered exceptional in Spanish Central and Western Pyrenees due to the scarce precipitation and unconsol...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-10.pdf
Keywords: snow accumulation, number of snow days (nsd), persistence of snow, north atlantic oscillation (nao), spanish pyrenees
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Title: Physical and Isotopic Characteristics of Snowpack in NW Slovenia
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jaka Ortar, Manca Volk Bahun, Miha Pavšek, Iztok Sinjur, Gregor Vertačnik, Mihael Brenčič, Dušan Polajnar, Sergey A. Sokratov, Polona Vreča
Description: Snowpack is a reflection of different environmental factors, joining all three spheres: atmo-, hydro- and geosphere. Orographic diversity of Slovenia ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-11.pdf
Keywords: snowpack characteristics, oxygen isotopes, alpine watershed, nw slovenia
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Title: Evaluation of Snowmelt Runoff for Extreme Annual Snow Conditions Under Climate Change
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Yoshihiro ASAOKA, Shunsuke KASHIWA, So KAZAMA
Description: This research investigates the response of snowmelt runoff to change in temperature and precipitation for extreme annual snow conditions such as heavy...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-45.pdf
Keywords: river discharge, heavy and light snow year, distributed runoff model
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