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Title: Characteristics of Weak Snow Layers or Interfaces: Date: 1992; Authors: Paul M. B. Fohn; Description: Weak layers or interfaces are a necessary condition for slab formation. In order to gain more insight into the characteristics of such weak layers or...; Object ID: issw-1992-160-170.pdf; Keywords: weak layer, interfaces, avalanche slopes; View additional details about Characteristics of Weak Snow Layers or Interfaces

Title: Analysis of Avalanche Prediction from Meteorological Data at Berthoud Pass, Colorado: Date: 1992; Authors: H. S. Boyne, Knox Williams; Description: In an attempt to identify the most critical meteorological parameters influencing the temporal behavior of avalanche release in a continental snowpack...; Object ID: issw-1992-229-235.pdf; Keywords: methods, avalanche release, slab; View additional details about Analysis of Avalanche Prediction from Meteorological Data at Berthoud Pass, Colorado

Title: Avalanche Risk Forecasting Organisation During the Winter Olympic Games of Albertville (France): Date: 1992; Authors: G. Giraud, E. Pahaut; Description: From 27 January to 24 February 1992, METEO-FRANCE covered the winter olympic games meteorological operations in ALBERTVilLE. The avalanche risk foreca...; Object ID: issw-1992-285-294.pdf; Keywords: risk, forecasting, off-piste skiers, arf; View additional details about Avalanche Risk Forecasting Organisation During the Winter Olympic Games of Albertville (France)

Title: Colorado Avalanche Information Center: Date: 1992; Authors: Dale Atkins; Description: Extended Abstract: Cold temperatures and a shallow snowcover often create dangerous avalanche conditions in Colorado. Since 1950 avalanches have kille...; Object ID: issw-1992-295.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, accident prevention, avalanche victim, avalanche education; View additional details about Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Title: The Canadian Avalanche Centre: Date: 1992; Authors: Alan Dennis, Bob Jamieson; Description: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) opened on 5 October 1991. The CAC is the operational arm of the Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) and was set u...; Object ID: issw-1992-301-302.pdf; Keywords: snow stability, training, forecasts, accidents; View additional details about The Canadian Avalanche Centre

Title: Detection and Registration of Water Waves in a Natural Snow Cover: Date: 1992; Authors: A. Denoth; Description: Based on multiple years experience with long-term water percolation measurements made on columns of repacked snow, dielectric sensors have been develo...; Object ID: issw-1992-303-308.pdf; Keywords: sensors, wetness, rainfall, snow cover; View additional details about Detection and Registration of Water Waves in a Natural Snow Cover

Title: The Avalanches of February 1991: Date: 1992; Authors: Walter Good; Description: The snowcover is a memory of the time and a record of the history of the building up of the snowpack. The episodes of February 1991, from which an ins...; Object ID: issw-1992-317.pdf; Keywords: snow cover, snowpack, topography, forecast; View additional details about The Avalanches of February 1991

Title: A Computerized System Designed for Local Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in Tignes, Savoie, France: Date: 1990; Authors: Edouardo Garreaud, Lionel Navillod, Henry Schniewind; Description: The SERVICE DES PISTES DE TIGNES (Tignes Ski Patrol) began developing a computerized system with the help of Edouardo Garreaud in 1986, to explore new...; Object ID: issw-1990-049-062.pdf; Keywords: computerized system, forecasting, snow-meteorological, snowpack, avalanche activity; View additional details about A Computerized System Designed for Local Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in Tignes, Savoie, France

Title: Development of Avalanche Education and Hazard Forecasting in Hokkaido, Japan: Date: 1990; Authors: Charles W. Ziskin; Description: Avalanche fatalities in Hokkaido have been recorded for more than fifty years and Japan devotes considerable public funds to the academic study of ava...; Object ID: issw-1990-111-114.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, education, avalanche, forecasting, hazard, terrain, skiing; View additional details about Development of Avalanche Education and Hazard Forecasting in Hokkaido, Japan

Title: Computer Helped Avalanche Forecasting in rance: Date: 1988; Authors: Jerome Lafeuille, Eric Brun; Description: Noticeable developments were achieved in recent years in France in the field of avalanche forecasting, due to the evolution of technological, and orga...; Object ID: issw-1988-063-068.pdf; Keywords: computer, forecasting, technology, snow data; View additional details about Computer Helped Avalanche Forecasting in rance

Title: Steps Toward Computer-Aided Snow Safety: Date: 1988; Authors: R. A. Schmidt, Hal Hartman; Description: Applications of small computers in snow safety and avalanche forecasting can be divided into categories like (a) compiling weather and snowpack histor...; Object ID: issw-1988-069-072.pdf; Keywords: safety, forecasting, computer, snowpack, snow data, wind speed; View additional details about Steps Toward Computer-Aided Snow Safety

Title: Statistical Analysis of Snow Stability, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California: Date: 1988; Authors: Kirk Swanson; Description: Time series relationships between meteorologic conditions and avalanche activity were determined for controlled avalanche paths at Alpine Meadows Ski ...; Object ID: issw-1988-073-082.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, avalanche, stability, snow; View additional details about Statistical Analysis of Snow Stability, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California

Title: Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain: Date: 1988; Authors: T.W. Tesche, Dennis E. McNally; Description: The Snow Accumulation and Numerical Transport Algorithms (SANTA) modeling system integrates a Hountain Windfield Hodel (HWH), a sophisticated Transpor...; Object ID: issw-1988-091-097.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, terrain, santa model; View additional details about Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain

Title: Snow Cover Forecasting in Ungaged Areas: Date: 1988; Authors: Robert E. Davis, Susan A. Burak; Description: Methods for forecasting snow water equivalent in ungaged areas are described. Criteria used to select index data sets are discussed in relation to mea...; Object ID: issw-1988-226-228.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, snow cover, ungaged areas, snow pillows, alpine ski; View additional details about Snow Cover Forecasting in Ungaged Areas

Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Communication Experiences in Avalanche Hazard Scales: Date: 1988; Authors: Jerome Lafeuille, Edmond Pahaut; Description: Avalanche hazard scales can express a gradation in the severity of situations but, avalanche danger being multidimensional, it implies a partly subjec...; Object ID: issw-1988-251-258.pdf; Keywords: hazard scale, forecast, avalanche, communication, danger, multidimensional; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting and Communication Experiences in Avalanche Hazard Scales