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Title: Stability Problems Under a Chairlift Midway Station in Creeping Permafrost Terrain, Grachen, Swiss Alps: Date: 2004; Authors: Marcia Phillips, Florentin Ladner, Max MÃ¼ller, Ulrich Sambeth, Jan Sorg, Philipp Teysseire; Description: The mid-way station of a chairlift located in the ski resort GrÃ¤chen (Swiss Alps) was originally built in 1997 at 2453 m ASL in alpine permafrost ...; Object ID: issw-2004-682-687.pdf; Keywords: structure stability, permafrost, terrain deformation, chairlift midway station; View additional details about Stability Problems Under a Chairlift Midway Station in Creeping Permafrost Terrain, Grachen, Swiss Alps

Title: Students Study Snow Science in Wyoming: Date: 2004; Authors: Liz David; Description: Kids and snow â€“ this obvious match can extend well beyond fun winter recreation, to be building blocks for intriguing and authentic units of st...; Object ID: issw-2004-712-719.pdf; Keywords: outdoor education, avalanche education, snow studies, winter curriculum; View additional details about Students Study Snow Science in Wyoming

Title: The Relationship Between Introductory Snow Hydrology Field Methods and Level I Avalanche Courses: Date: 2004; Authors: S.R. Fassnacht, A.E. Sawyer, E. Foster; Description: The International Snow Science Workshop focuses primarily on avalanche and related issues. To be aware of safety concerns, those taking snowpack meas...; Object ID: issw-2004-721.pdf; Keywords: snow hydrology, avalanche safety, avalanche modeling; View additional details about The Relationship Between Introductory Snow Hydrology Field Methods and Level I Avalanche Courses

Title: ISSW History and Future and the ISSW Steering Committee: Date: 2004; Authors: Rich Marriot; Description: The International Snow Science Workshop has its roots in meetings held informally in the 50s and early 60â€™s when practitioners realized the im...; Object ID: issw-2004-722.pdf; Keywords: international snow science workshop, attendance,; View additional details about ISSW History and Future and the ISSW Steering Committee

Title: Changes in Spatial Patterns of Snow Stability Through Time: Date: 2002; Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Chris C. Landry; Description: The spatial variability of snow stability presents a challenge to avalanche workers and scientists attempting to assess avalanche danger. Recent resea...; Object ID: issw-2002-482-490.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, snow stability, avalanche, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Changes in Spatial Patterns of Snow Stability Through Time

Title: Snow Stability on Uniform Slopes: Implications for Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 2002; Authors: C. Landry, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, J. Borkowski, R. Brown, R. Aspinall; Description: This research investigated whether single snowpits can reliably represent snowpack stability on uniform slopes. The study utilized seven carefully sel...; Object ID: issw-2002-532-539.pdf; Keywords: stability, spatial variation, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Snow Stability on Uniform Slopes: Implications for Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Comparison of Velocities of the Dry and Wet Snow Avalanches at Makunosawa Valley in Myoko, Japan: Date: 2002; Authors: Y. Takeuchi, K Yamanoi, Y. Endo, S. Murakami, S. Niwano, S. Watanabe, K Izumi, T. Takeshi; Description: Large-scale natural avalanches of dry and wet snow were occurred at Makunosawa valley in Myoko, Japan. The both avalanches started in the same zone an...; Object ID: issw-2002-008-012.pdf; Keywords: avalanche velocity, dry snow avalanche, wet snow avalanche, makunosawa valley; View additional details about Comparison of Velocities of the Dry and Wet Snow Avalanches at Makunosawa Valley in Myoko, Japan

Title: Russian-Norwegian Project on Seismicity-Induced Avalanches: Date: 2002; Authors: P. Chernouss, E. Mokrov, Y. Feorenko, E. Husebye, E. Beketova; Description: Sometime a direct damage of earthquake can be less than that occurs due to triggered phenomena such as landslides, avalanches, etc. It is very difficu...; Object ID: issw-2002-025-030.pdf; Keywords: seismisity, snow stability, avalanche, simulation; View additional details about Russian-Norwegian Project on Seismicity-Induced Avalanches

Title: Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland: Date: 2002; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Marc Christen, Francois Dufour, Urs Gruber, Martin Kern, Margherita Maggioni, Felix Tiefenbacher, Barbara Turnbull, Perry Bartelt; Description: There are still many unresolved questions in snow avalanche dynamics. This was apparent during the catastrophic avalanche Winter of 1999. In this pape...; Object ID: issw-2002-071-078.pdf; Keywords: flowing avalanches, powder avalanches, chute experiments, optical velocity sensors, capacitance density probes, velocity profiles, radar, mass balance, snow cover entrainment, numerical modelling; View additional details about Field Observations, Full-Scale Tests, Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland

Title: A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments: Date: 2002; Authors: Laurent Merindol, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Gerald Giraud; Description: In several ski resorts, we have distributed a tool named Astral. Every days, this software calculates an Euclidean distance and correlation with past ...; Object ID: issw-2002-105-108.pdf; Keywords: statistical method, avalanche forecasting, weather and snow pack parameters; View additional details about A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments

Title: Crocusmeprapc Software: A Tool for Local Simulations of Snow Cover Stratigraphy and Avalanche Risks: Date: 2002; Authors: Gerald Giraud, Eric Martin, Eric Brun, Jean-Pierre Navarre; Description: To help the regional avalanche forecaster and to describe the great variability of the snow pack and the avalanche risk, the CEN (Centre d'Etudes de l...; Object ID: issw-2002-123-129.pdf; Keywords: snow model, avalanche forecasting, computer tool; View additional details about Crocusmeprapc Software: A Tool for Local Simulations of Snow Cover Stratigraphy and Avalanche Risks

Title: Estimating the Strength of Faceted Snow Layers for an Avalanche Forecasting Model: Date: 2002; Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Bruce Jamiesona; Description: Current multivariate forecasting models make limited use of stability indices partly because the required manual measurements of snowpack properties a...; Object ID: issw-2002-130-137.pdf; Keywords: snow stratigraphy, snow properties, snow strength, avalanche forecasting, slab avalanches, snow crystals; View additional details about Estimating the Strength of Faceted Snow Layers for an Avalanche Forecasting Model

Title: Formation and Forecasting of Large (Catastrophic) New Snow Avalanches: Date: 2002; Authors: P. Foehn, M. Stoffel, P. Bartelt; Description: The catastrophic avalanche winter 1998/99 in the Alps demonstrated that still larger deficiencies exist within the themes: "formation" and "forecastin...; Object ID: issw-2002-141-148.pdf; Keywords: snow mechanics, slab avalanche fonnation, avalanche forecasting, catastrophic avalanches; View additional details about Formation and Forecasting of Large (Catastrophic) New Snow Avalanches

Title: Climate Factors Associated with Major Avalanche Events on the Wasatch Plateau, Utah: Date: 2002; Authors: Elizabeth G. Hebertson, Michael J. Jenkins; Description: Dendro-ecological methods were used to construct avalanche chronologies for 16 paths on the Wasatch Plateau, Utah. Major avalanche years between 1928-...; Object ID: issw-2002-159-166.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, intermountain climate, tree-ring analyses, disturbance ecology; View additional details about Climate Factors Associated with Major Avalanche Events on the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Title: The Avalanche Catasthophe of El Teniente-Chile: August 8 of 1944: Date: 2002; Authors: Jose Vergara, Maria C. Baros; Description: The avalanche of El Teniente-Chile (~34Â°S) August 8 of 1944, was the most serious avalanche accident in Chile of the last 100 years. On the night o...; Object ID: issw-2002-225-227.pdf; Keywords: chile, avalanches, andes mountains, avalanche disaster, historical snow records; View additional details about The Avalanche Catasthophe of El Teniente-Chile: August 8 of 1944

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