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Title: Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography: Date: 2012; Authors: Sebastian Feick, Christoph Mitterer, Lisa Dreier, Stephan Harvey, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: On steep slopes the full snowpack can glide on the ground, tension cracks may open and eventually the slope fails as full-depth avalanche (glide-snow ...; Object ID: issw-2012-603-609.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, soil-snow interface, time lapse camera; View additional details about Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography

Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Glide-Snow Avalanche Formation: Date: 2012; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Full-depth avalanches (i.e. glide-snow avalanches) often release due to either a failure in the basal layer (e.g. depth hoar) or a failure at the snow...; Object ID: issw-2012-610-616.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, full depth avalanche, avalanche simulation, temperature gradients, rain on snow; View additional details about Towards a Better Understanding of Glide-Snow Avalanche Formation

Title: Mechanics of Weak Layer Snow Under Cyclic Loading Studied By FEM: Date: 2012; Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Guillaume Chambon; Description: The mechanical behavior of snow weak layers is a crucial element in dry snow slab avalanche forecasting. Here, we use Finite Element Method (FEM) mod...; Object ID: issw-2012-617-621.pdf; Keywords: dry slab avalanche, elasticity, weak layer; View additional details about Mechanics of Weak Layer Snow Under Cyclic Loading Studied By FEM

Title: Lautaret Avalanche Test Site: Outcomes from the 11th April 2012 Event: Date: 2012; Authors: Xavier Ravanat, HervÃ© Bellot, Frederic Ousset, Emmanuel Thibert, Mohamed Naaim; Description: The Lautaret full-scale avalanche test site has been used by Cemagref-Irstea since the early 70â€™s. The first studies were dedicated to avalanch...; Object ID: issw-2012-622-627.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche, experimental test-site, propagation model; View additional details about Lautaret Avalanche Test Site: Outcomes from the 11th April 2012 Event

Title: Avalanche Simulations in Forested Terrain: A Framework Towards a Bayesian Probabilistic Model Calibration: Date: 2012; Authors: Michaela Teich, Irene Vasella, Perry Bartelt, Peter Bebi, Thomas Feistl, Adrienne GrÃªt Regamey; Description: Avalanche dynamics models are used for hazard zoning and engineering to predict runout distances and impact pressures of snow avalanche events. The ef...; Object ID: issw-2012-628-632.pdf; Keywords: avalanche simulation, avalanche dynamics, avalanche runout, swiss alps; View additional details about Avalanche Simulations in Forested Terrain: A Framework Towards a Bayesian Probabilistic Model Calibration

Title: Influence of Forest on Snow Avalanche Hazard â€“ Norwegian Challenges: Date: 2012; Authors: Hedda Breien, Ã˜yvind A. HÃ¸ydal; Description: Forested areas are less prone to snow avalanches, due to the trees' influence on snow accumulation, snow pack layering, energy balance and the armori...; Object ID: issw-2012-633-638.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard, forests, hazard zoning, runout zones; View additional details about Influence of Forest on Snow Avalanche Hazard â€“ Norwegian Challenges

Title: Relative Influence of Mechanical and Meteorological Factors on Avalanche Release Depth Distributions: An Application to French Alps: Date: 2012; Authors: Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim; Description: The evaluation of avalanche release depth distributions represents a challenging issue for the mapping, zoning and long-term hazard management in moun...; Object ID: issw-2012-644-649.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche release, snowpack stability, avalanche mechanics, deep slab avalanches; View additional details about Relative Influence of Mechanical and Meteorological Factors on Avalanche Release Depth Distributions: An Application to French Alps

Title: The Results From Two Years of Testing the Wyssen Avalanche Tower in Norway: Date: 2012; Authors: NjÃ¥l Farestveit; Description: The Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 has been tested for the first time in Scandinavia by The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) in cooperation...; Object ID: issw-2012-657-661.pdf; Keywords: avalanche tower, norwegian public roads administration, tyin; View additional details about The Results From Two Years of Testing the Wyssen Avalanche Tower in Norway

Title: A CBA of Artificial Avalanche Release Devices in Ski Resort: Monterosaski (AO â€“ Italy) Case Study: Date: 2012; Authors: B. Frigo, M. Barbero, V. de Biagi; Description: The CBA is a procedure directly linked with a risk analysis and it supports risk-managers to choose the preventive technology to be implemented. To st...; Object ID: issw-2012-662-665.pdf; Keywords: gaz-ex, daisybell, explosives, economic index; View additional details about A CBA of Artificial Avalanche Release Devices in Ski Resort: Monterosaski (AO â€“ Italy) Case Study

Title: Rapid Assessment of a Large-Magnitude Snow Avalanche Event in Colorado: Date: 2012; Authors: Sara E. Simonson, Scott Toepfer, Ethan M. Greene, Steven R. Fassnacht, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Hal Hartman; Description: The winter of 2010-2011 set records for snowfall and snowpack depth for many mountain areas in Colorado. Large, destructive avalanches were reported ...; Object ID: issw-2012-666-673.pdf; Keywords: large-magnitude avalanche, avalanche path vegetation, tree-ring analyses, disturbance assessment; View additional details about Rapid Assessment of a Large-Magnitude Snow Avalanche Event in Colorado

Title: Avalanche Protection on Highway E8 to the City of Tromso, Northern Norway: Date: 2012; Authors: Ole-AndrÃ© Helgaas, Oevind Skeie Hellum, Dag T. Andreassen; Description: The highway network in the northern part of Norway is mostly located in alpine terrain. Every winter snow avalanches affect some of these roads and gi...; Object ID: issw-2012-674-679.pdf; Keywords: avalanche protection, highway safety, alpine terrain, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Avalanche Protection on Highway E8 to the City of Tromso, Northern Norway

Title: National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls: Date: 2012; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson, Egil Syre, Kristine Helene Hetland Ekseth, Helge C. Smebye, Eivind M. Paulsen; Description: Mitigation measures against natural catastrophes, such as rapid gravity mass flows and rock falls, have been built in Norway for centuries. Over the l...; Object ID: issw-2012-680-684.pdf; Keywords: mitigation measures, geographic information systems (gis), database; View additional details about National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls

Title: The Use of Commercial CAD Software in Snow Avalanche Run-Out Estimation: Date: 2012; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson, SigurjÃ³n Hauksson; Description: Linear infrastructures like highways and transmission lines often pass avalanche terrain both in remote and urban areas. In some cases these areas are...; Object ID: issw-2012-685-688.pdf; Keywords: cad software, avalanches, run-out calculations; View additional details about The Use of Commercial CAD Software in Snow Avalanche Run-Out Estimation

Title: Avalanche Terrain Analysis of Hatch Peak at Hatcher Pass, Alaska Using ATES and GIS: Date: 2012; Authors: Rebekah King; Description: Parks Canada created the popular Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES), identifying eleven factors that can increase the probability of an avalanche...; Object ID: issw-2012-689-692.pdf; Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), ates, terrain analysis hazard mitigation; View additional details about Avalanche Terrain Analysis of Hatch Peak at Hatcher Pass, Alaska Using ATES and GIS

Title: A Rule Based Risk Management System Based on Maps and Danger Level: Date: 2012; Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Jo Gunnar Ellevold; Description: After a tragic accident where 16 soldiers were killed in an avalanche during a military exercise in 1986, the Norwegian Armed Forces took several ste...; Object ID: issw-2012-693-695.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk management, release zones, geographic information systems (gis); View additional details about A Rule Based Risk Management System Based on Maps and Danger Level

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