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Title: Available Data From the French Experimental Site Col Du Lac Blanc Dedicated to Studies on Drifting Snow: a 15-Year Database
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Hervé Bellot, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Vincent Vionnet, Firmin Fontaine, Yannick Deliot
Description: Wind and associated snow transport are the dominating factors determining small-scale snow distribution and accumulation in alpine areas and have ther...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.24.pdf
Keywords: drifting snow, blowing snow, snow particles counter, database
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Title: Potential and Challenges of an Extensive Operational Use of High Accuracy Optical Snow Depth Sensors to Minimize Solid Precipitation Undercatch
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kay Helfricht, Roland Koch, Lea Hartl, Marc Olefs
Description: Within the pluSnow project we analyse snow depth measurements using the SHM30 optical sensor with the objective to minimize the error of solid precipi...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.28.pdf
Keywords: new snow, snow density, solid precipitation, undercatch, snow water equivalent
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Title: SnopViz, an Interactive Visualization Tool for Both Snow-Cover Model Output and Observed Snow Profiles
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Charles Fierz, Thomas Egger, Matthias Gerber, Frank Techel, Mathias Bavay
Description: "SnopViz" is primarily a visualization tool for both observed snow profiles (CAAML V5.0 Snow Profile IACS) and simulation output of the snow-cover mod...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.29.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, graphical user interface, caaml-format
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Title: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Harpa Grimsdottir, Orn Ingolfsson, Magni H. Jonsson, Vidir Arnarson, Halfdan Ingolfsson, Sveinn Brynjolfsson, Gestur Hansson
Description: A small innovation company in Iceland, POLS Engineering, has developed the SM4 automatic snowpack sensor that is currently installed at over 30 locati...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow sensor, automatic warnings, snow crystals, snow depth, facets
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Title: Snow Surface Roughness Monitoring Using Time-Lapse Terrestrial Laserscan
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Ghislain Picard, Hervé Bellot, Laurent Arnaud, Vincent Vionnet
Description: Some elements of snow surface roughness, such as ripple or sastrugi, are a direct manifestation of wind erosion and in turn modify the near-surface wi...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.32.pdf
Keywords: snow surface roughness, sastrugi, blowing snow, drifting snow, laserscan
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Title: Micromechanical Analysis of Energy Release in Snow Fracture
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Anthony M. LeBaron, Daniel A. Miller
Description: Fracture initiation and propagation in snow is paramount to understanding the avalanche process. There is ongoing discussion and debate regarding the ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.34.pdf
Keywords: fracture, energy release rate
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Title: Producing Nature-Like Snow in a Supercooled Cloud for Laboratory Experiments
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Ursula Enzenhofer, Michael Bacher, Sergey Sokratov, Christian Mahr, Johannes Müller, Ulrich Worthmann, Ingrid Reiweger
Description: We here introduce our cloud chamber which enabled us to grow snow crystals from water vapour under conditions similar to those in natural clouds. The ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.35.pdf
Keywords: ice crystals, snow formation, technical snow, supercooled cloud
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Title: Ram Profiles With Swiss Penetrometer, Avatech SP2 Probe and Hand Tests. Comparison of the Hardness Profiles Obtained From on Site Detections in the Italian Alps During the 2015-2016 Season
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Flavio Berbenni, Igor Chiambretti, Flavio Papetti, Massimo Raviglione, Michela Barberis
Description: In snowpack observations, the hardness profile of snow cover is determined by a ram profile and a hand test which are performed according to codified ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.36.pdf
Keywords: ram penetrometer, avatech sp2, hand test, hardness profile
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Title: Study on the Model to Estimate the Snow Property of the Slope Snowpack
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Ryota Sato, Yasushi Kamata, Masaya Shishido
Description: To ensure the safety of train operations for full depth avalanche, it is important to estimate the stability of the slope snow. And then, it is necess...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.37.pdf
Keywords: stability of the slope snowpack, physical properties, amedas weather data
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Title: Changes of Snow Cover Area in Different Aspects in Kaidu River Basin Based on Modis Data
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Feiyun Zhang, Lanhai Li
Description: Snow cover plays an important role in balancing earth surface heat and generating runoff in alpine basins. Snowpack accumulation depends on snowfall a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.38.pdf
Keywords: modis; snow cover; aspects; kaidu river basin
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Title: A Unique Time Series of Daily and Weekly Snowpack Measurements At Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Neige Calonne, Cecilia Cetti, Charles Fierz, Alec van Herwijnen, Matthias Jaggi, Henning Löwe, M. Matzl, Lino Schmid, Martin Schneebeli
Description: Recently, different efforts were dedicated to improve various components of snowpack models, notably, by including more objective parameters of snow m...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.39.pdf
Keywords: density, specific surface area, snowpack, monitoring, measurement
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Title: Matching of Vertical Snow Profiles
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Pascal Hagenmuller
Description: Stratigraphic vertical profiles of snow properties measured a few meters from each other are usually different. In particular, slope-parallel variatio...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.42.pdf
Keywords: snow profile, matching, registration, clustering
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Title: Lessons from Nuclear Energy: Building Snow and Avalanche Simulation Tools using a Common Open-Source Framework
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Andrew E. Slaughter, Derek R. Gaston, Cody J. Permann, John W. Peterson, David Andrš, Jason M. Miller, Brain K. Alger, Richard C. Martineau
Description: The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently investing millions of dollars annually into various modeling and simulation tools for all aspects of nucle...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.44.pdf
Keywords: modeling, open-source, simulation
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Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf
Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization
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Title: Photogrammetrically Derived Estimates of Snow Depth Variability in Complex Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Gabriel Wolken, Erin Whorton, Alexander Gould
Description: Seasonal snow is a key cryospheric variable because of its influence on energy and wa-ter budgets, regional economies, and public safety. Quantitative...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.47.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, photogrammetry, structure from motion, avalanche, alaska
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