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Title: Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications: Date: 2012; Authors: Harpa GrÃmsdÃ³ttir, Magni Hreinn JÃ³nsson, 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; View additional details about Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications

Title: The Avalx Public Avalanche Forecasting System: Date: 2012; Authors: Grant Statham, Scott Campbell, Karl Klassen; Description: In November 2011, Parks Canada, the Canadian Avalanche Centre and Alberta Parks Kananaskis Country launched a new avalanche bulletin system named Aval...; Object ID: issw-2012-165-171.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard assessment, canadian avalanche centre; View additional details about The Avalx Public Avalanche Forecasting System

Title: Formation of Depth Hoar Resulting from Thermal Optimization of Snow Microstructure: Date: 2012; Authors: Patrick J. Staron, Edward E. Adams, Daniel A. Miller; Description: Snow metamorphism can be described by the flows of heat and mass that result from gradients of temperature and water vapor concentration. The size of...; Object ID: issw-2012-186-193.pdf; Keywords: entropy, metamorphism, microstructure, optimization, snow, thermodynamics; View additional details about Formation of Depth Hoar Resulting from Thermal Optimization of Snow Microstructure

Title: Directional Mechanical Properties of Radiation Recrystallized Snow Layers From Experimental Testing: Date: 2012; Authors: David J. Walters, Edward E. Adams; Description: Snowâ€™s microstructure is a large factor in the determination of its mechanical characteristics. The process of radiation recrystallization crea...; Object ID: issw-2012-201-208.pdf; Keywords: microstructure, radiation recrystallization, snow structure, temperature gradient,; View additional details about Directional Mechanical Properties of Radiation Recrystallized Snow Layers From Experimental Testing

Title: Incorporating Terrain into Public Avalanche Information Products: Date: 2012; Authors: Karl Klassen; Description: Public avalanche information has traditionally focussed on avalanche forecasts that provide avalanche danger ratings and contain information about wea...; Object ID: issw-2012-209-213.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecast, public safety, avalanche hazard, avalanche skills, snowpack conditions; View additional details about Incorporating Terrain into Public Avalanche Information Products

Title: Yukon Avalanche Association - The First Year and the Future: Date: 2012; Authors: Michael Smith, Eirik Sharp; Description: The Yukon Avalanche Association (YAA) was formed in 2010 with the goal of promoting avalanche safety and awareness to an expanding group of backcountr...; Object ID: issw-2012-214-219.pdf; Keywords: avalanche safety, terrains, winter backcountry recreation, canadian avalanche centre; View additional details about Yukon Avalanche Association - The First Year and the Future

Title: Mitigating Your (Legal) Risk as a Forecaster â€“ Where Are Your Own Liabilities/Risks/Tensions: Date: 2012; Authors: Tracey Knutson; Description: Avalanche forecasters, like most other professionals these days, can have legal liability or exposure to legal liability for actions (or inactions) ta...; Object ID: issw-2012-227-233.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard assessment, liability; View additional details about Mitigating Your (Legal) Risk as a Forecaster â€“ Where Are Your Own Liabilities/Risks/Tensions

Title: Who Is Involved In Avalanche Accidents?: Date: 2012; Authors: Benjamin Zweifel, Frank Techel, Christian BjÃ¶rk; Description: Off-piste and backcountry skiers, snow-shoers, climbers, heli-skiers, hikers, ski patrollers and many more: The range of people who are involved in av...; Object ID: issw-2012-234-239.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche accident statistics, human factors; View additional details about Who Is Involved In Avalanche Accidents?

Title: The MLK Event At Crystal Mountain: Date: 2012; Authors: Christopher C. Morin; Description: The winter of 2010/2011 created a surprisingly widespread weak layer across the northwestern United States. In Washington state it became to be known...; Object ID: issw-2012-240-243.pdf; Keywords: snowfall, crusts, avalanche cycles, helicopter bombing; View additional details about The MLK Event At Crystal Mountain

Title: Different Surveys Techniques to Assess the Snow Erosion and Deposition at the Punta Seehore Avalanche Test Site: Date: 2012; Authors: E. Bovet, B. Chiaia, M. Maggioni, D. Godone, M. Freppaz; Description: The aim of this paper is to describe the surveys techniques, used at the Seehore avalanche test site located in Aosta Valley (NW Italy), concerning th...; Object ID: issw-2012-277-284.pdf; Keywords: snow erosion, terrestrial laser scanning, deposited layer, probe pole; View additional details about Different Surveys Techniques to Assess the Snow Erosion and Deposition at the Punta Seehore Avalanche Test Site

Title: Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned: Date: 2012; Authors: W. Carran, H. Conway, A. Carran, Milford Team; Description: Two close encounters with avalanches during rain-on-snow in the spring of 1996 were aha-moments for the Milford Road avalanche program; these definin...; Object ID: issw-2012-285-289.pdf; Keywords: instability assessment, snow stability evaluation, explosives, start zones; View additional details about Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned

Title: Avalanche Impact Performance of a Light-Weight Diversion Structure Snettisham Transmission Line, Southeast Alaska: Date: 2012; Authors: Chris Wilbur, Mike Janes, Art Mears; Description: The 138kV Snettisham electrical transmission line is the main power source for Juneau, Alaska. The line was constructed in 1973 and traverses steep r...; Object ID: issw-2012-294-299.pdf; Keywords: avalanche impact pressure, hydroelectric, weather forecasting; View additional details about Avalanche Impact Performance of a Light-Weight Diversion Structure Snettisham Transmission Line, Southeast Alaska

Title: Resuscitation of the Avalanche Victim: An Evidence-Based Guideline: Date: 2012; Authors: Jeff Boyd, Hermann Brugger, Fidel Elsensohn, Peter Paal, Giacomo Strapazzon, Eveline Winterberger, Ken Zafren; Description: Background. Earlier avalanche resuscitation recommendations, published in 1996 and 2001, were principally extrapolated from biostatistical survival an...; Object ID: issw-2012-307-313.pdf; Keywords: avalanche victim resuscitation, victim, asphyxia, ventilation; View additional details about Resuscitation of the Avalanche Victim: An Evidence-Based Guideline

Title: Analysis of State-of-the-Art Approaches for â€œMarkingâ€ During Multiburial Beacon Search Versus the Aspects of Fully Maintaining the EN300718 Standard: Date: 2012; Authors: Michael Schober, Markus Eck, Michael Rust; Description: Over the recent years most of the state-of-the-art beacons now support the search for multiple burials using signal analysis strategies. Due to this, ...; Object ID: issw-2012-214-223.pdf; Keywords: avalanche beacon, transmitting range, avalanche safety; View additional details about Analysis of State-of-the-Art Approaches for â€œMarkingâ€ During Multiburial Beacon Search Versus the Aspects of Fully Maintaining the EN300718 Standard

Title: On the Effectiveness of Avalanche Balloon Packs: Date: 2012; Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Benjamin Zweifel, FrÃ©dÃ©ric Jarry, Spencer Logan, Hanno Bilek, Marek BiskupiÄ, Hermann Brugger, Markus Falk; Description: Even though avalanche balloon packs have been promoted in Europe since the early 1990s, they have only truly established themselves as an accepted av...; Object ID: issw-2012-324-328.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche safety equipment, avalanche balloon packs, avalanche airbags, avalanche survival; View additional details about On the Effectiveness of Avalanche Balloon Packs

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