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Title: Future Changes in Ski Resorts
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Stewart Sheppard
Description: Ski resorts are on the front line when confronted with the consequences of changes in the business environment, changes in climate and sociological ch...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-38.pdf
Keywords: weather patterns, energy markets, sociologial change, adaptation, future ski resorts
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Title: RegObs - Public Database for Submitting and Sharing Observations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Kjetil Kværne, Aslak Os, Tore Humstad, Anders Wartiainen, Vidar Eide, Ravi Kjell Hansen
Description: regObs is a tool for submitting and sharing observations needed by The Norwegian Avalanche Center. We have developed regObs as a public tool supportin...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-42.pdf
Keywords: regobs, norwegian avalanche center, database, observations, open source, public licence policy
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Title: Depth Hoar, Avalanches, and Wet Slabs: A Case Study of the Historic March, 2012 Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle at Bridger Bowl, Montana
Date: 2012
Authors: Alex Marienthal, Jordy Hendrikx, Doug Chabot, Pete Maleski, Karl Birkeland
Description: During this past winter, southwest Montana had many large avalanches and days of high avalanche danger. In the Bridger Mountains the most prominent an...
Object ID: issw-2012-062-068.pdf
Keywords: bridger mountains, hoar layer, wet slab avalanche, dry slab avalanche, rain on snow
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Title: Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications
Date: 2012
Authors: Harpa Grímsdóttir, Magni Hreinn Jónsson, Krister Kristensen, Hedda Breien
Description: The SNAPS project focuses on snow and avalanche services for transport infrastructure in selected areas within the Northern Periphery in Iceland, Norw...
Object ID: issw-2012-161-164.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, transport, snow models, snow maps
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Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Snow Avalanches Starting in Forested Terrain
Date: 2012
Authors: Michaela Teich, Natalie Zurbriggen, Perry Bartelt, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Christoph Marty, Melanie Ulrich, Peter Bebi
Description: Frequency and magnitude of avalanches starting in forested terrain (forest avalanches) are likely to be affected by climate change. We addressed two i...
Object ID: issw-2012-224-251.pdf
Keywords: climate change impact, forests, terrian, weather
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Title: Meteorological Tower Design for Severe Weather and Remote Locations
Date: 2012
Authors: Kelly Elder, Ilkoo Angutikjuak, Jessica Baker, Matt Belford, Tom Bennett, Karl Birkeland, Daniel Bowker, Doug Chabot, April Cheuvront, Mark Dixon, Dylan Elder, Lee Elder, Shari Gearheard, Greg Giedt, Kim Grant, Sam Green, Ethan Greene, Nick Houfek, Caleb Huntington, Henry Huntington, Thomas Huntington, Daniel Janigian, Crane Johnson, Glen Liston, Rob Maris, Andrea Marsh, Hans-Peter Marshall, Aidan Meiners, Alex Meiners, Theo Meiners, Limakee Palluq, Josh Pope, Esa Qillaq, Joelli Sanguya, Sam Sehnert, Ron Simenhois, Banning Starr, Roger Tyler
Description: We have developed a robust meteorological tower for deployment in locations with extreme conditions and for applications that require relatively main...
Object ID: issw-2012-968-975.pdf
Keywords: avalanche tower, weather stations, data collection
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Title: Handler Perceptions of Optimal Scenting Conditions for Avalanche Rescue Dogs
Date: 2012
Authors: Ryan R. Gould, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Little research has been done to directly link environmental factors such as wind speed, humidity and air temperature to scenting conditions for avala...
Object ID: issw-2012-363-366.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue dogs, dog handlers, scenting conditions, environmental factors, practical experience
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Title: Survey of US Avalanche Centers
Date: 2010
Authors: Garth Ferber, Doug Abromeit
Description: In the fall of 2009 I became interested in when offices are staffed by forecasters at the various centers and what time of day products are issued. In...
Object ID: ISSW_P-068.pdf
Keywords: survey, avalanche centers, forecast, dissemination methods
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Title: Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event
Date: 2010
Authors: Benjamin J. Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Darko K. Koracin, John F. Mejia
Description: On Wednesday November 11, 2009 the National Weather Service called for the passage of a front across southwestern Montana ahead of a weak low pressur...
Object ID: ISSW_O-064.pdf
Keywords: convective snowfall, spatial variability, unbalanced flow
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Title: The Operational Utility of Weather Forecasts
Date: 2010
Authors: Randall Osterhuber
Description: This paper investigates a winter season’s worth of daily “front page” weather forecasts and compares these to the observed weather....
Object ID: ISSW_P-006.pdf
Keywords: forecasts, national weather service
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Title: Evaluation of Norwegian Snow Pillow Stations
Date: 2010
Authors: Elise Trondsen, Knut Møen
Description: As 50 percent of annual precipitation falls as snow in Norway access to real time snow data - including snow water equivalent (SWE) - is of great impo...
Object ID: ISSW_P-015.pdf
Keywords: nve, snow pillow, norway, antifreezes, swe
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Title: Portable Road Weatr Information System: Fabrication and Uses of Autonomous Weather Stations Deployed For Atmospheric Date Collection
Date: 2010
Authors: Brett Hansen, Matt McKee, Craig Patterson, Ralph Patterson
Description: The collection of accurate real-time atmospheric data is of paramount importance when working in an operational setting. Both the current and historic...
Object ID: ISSW_P-019.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather forecasting, decision making, portable weather station
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Title: Snow and Weather Conditions Study for the Avalanches on the Lautaret Pass Road (French Alps)
Date: 2009
Authors: Daniel Goetz
Description: This study aims at characterizing snow and weather conditions typical of avalanche events on the Lautaret pass road. Historical data of avalanche obs...
Object ID: issw-2009-0433-0437.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, lautaret pass road, snow and weather conditions, climatology, expert rules
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Title: Westerly Wind Bursts Affect Avalanche Cycles
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Melinda M. Brugman, Matthew MacDonald
Description: Recent climatology and basic physics provide new incite into how major westerly wind bursts contribute to avalanche cycles. A more complete understand...
Object ID: P__8246.pdf
Keywords: westerly wind bursts, mid-latitude, avalanche cycles
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Title: Atmospheric Patterns Leading Major Avalanche Episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees and Estimating Occurrence
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Carles García, Glòria Martí, Pere Oller, Ivan Moner, Jordi Gavaldà, Pere Martínez, Juan Carlos Peña
Description: The occurrence of major avalanche episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees (NE Spain) is estimated by means of the Poisson and the negative binomial distribut...
Object ID: P__8082.pdf
Keywords: major avalanches, atmospheric patterns, principal-component analysis, pyrenees
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