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- Title: Where to Dig? – On Optimizing Sampling Strategy
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Sascha Bellaire
- Description: Snow slope stability evaluation is often based on a single test location within a slope. However, we know that snow cover properties and stability may...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0298-0300.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche release, snow stability evaluation, snow stability test
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- Title: French Avalanche Research: Experimental Test Sites
- Date: 2009
- Authors: X. Ravanat, F. Ousset
- Description: A variety of small-scale and full scale measurement instruments have been developed by Cemagref (ETNA research unit, Grenoble France) to study avalanc...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0423-0427.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, experimental test site, full-scale, small-scale
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- Title: Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the Vallée de la Sionne Test Site
- Date: 2009
- Authors: L. Rammer, H. Schreiber, M. Hiller, F. Dufour, B. Sovilla, P. Gauer, M.A. Kern
- Description: Range-gated Doppler radar measurements provide decisive information about the motion of an avalanche along the avalanche track. However, up to now, su...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0472-0476.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche dynamics, radar measurements, spontaneous avalanche
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- Title: Iron Man, The Steel Crash Test Dummy, Measures Forces in an Avalanche
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Michael J. Jenkins, Timothy M. Samaras
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- Object ID: issw-2009-0664-0665.pdf
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- Title: Comparing Fracture Propagation Tests and Relating Test Results to Snowpack Characteristics
- Date: 2008-09-26
- Authors: Cameron Ross, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: The Propagation Saw Test (PST) and the Extended Column Test (ECT) are two recently and independently developed field tests that indicate the propensit...
- Object ID: P__8177.pdf
- Keywords: fracture propagation, snowpack stability test, extended column test, propagation saw test, avalanche forecasting, snowpack properties
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- Title: Application of the Field Stability Evaluation Methods to the Snow Conditions of the Eastern Pyrenees
- Date: 2008-09-26
- Authors: Ivan Moner, Jordi Gavaldà , Montserrat Bacardit, Carles Garcia, Glòria MartÃ
- Description: Field methods for stability evaluation were recently developed and validated on the basis of skiertriggered slopes data from Switzerland and North Ame...
- Object ID: P__8164.pdf
- Keywords: slab avalanche, snow stability, stability evaluation, skier triggering, pyrenees
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- Title: Comparison of Different Snow Stability Tests Including the Extended Column Test
- Date: 2008-09-26
- Authors: Kurt Winkler, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Several tests have been proposed in the past for evaluating snow stability. However, their performance is presently unclear since few comparative stud...
- Object ID: P__8124.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover stability, snow stability evaluation, stability test, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: The Extended Column Test: Test Effectiveness, Spatial Variability, and Comparison with the Propagation Saw Test
- Date: 2008-09-26
- Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois
- Description: The Extended Column Test (ECT) is a new stability test that aims to assess the fracture propagation potential across a 90 cm wide isolated column. Ini...
- Object ID: P__8190.pdf
- Keywords: ect, extended column test, fracture propagation, stability evaluation, avalanches
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- Title: Predictions of the Propagation Saw Test: Comparisons with Other Instability Tests at Skier Tested Slopes
- Date: 2008-09-26
- Authors: Dave Gauthier, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Several new fracture propagation field tests have been presented in recent years. These are designed to provide specific information about propagation...
- Object ID: P__8217.pdf
- Keywords: propagation propensity, field test, instability assessment, snowpack properties, forecasting
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- Title: Minimizing “False-Stable†Stability Test Results: Why Digging More Snowpits is a Good Idea
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Doug Chabot
- Description: The worst nightmare for an avalanche worker is to assess an unstable slope as stable since the consequence of such an assessment is that you, your cli...
- Object ID: issw-2006-498-504.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, stability assessment, stability tests, false-stable conditions
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- Title: The Extended Column Test: A Field Test for Fracture Initiation and Propagation
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland
- Description: For dry slab avalanches, fractures initiate and propagate in a weak layer or along an
interface. Current field tests like compression or stuffblock t...
- Object ID: issw-2006-079-085.pdf
- Keywords: stability test, avalanche forecasting, stability assessment, fracture propagation
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- Title: The Extended Column Test: A Field Test for Fracture Initiation and Propagation
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland
- Description: For dry slab avalanches, fractures initiate and propagate in a weak layer or along an
interface. Current field tests like compression or stuffblock t...
- Object ID: issw-2006-079-085.pdf
- Keywords: stability test, avalanche forecasting, stability assessment, fracture propagation
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- Title: Slab Avalanche Triggering: A Combination of Four Basic Phenomena in Series
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Alain Duclos, François Louchet
- Description: There is still a significant gap between models describing slab avalanche
triggering mechanisms and practical field applications in terms of risk pre...
- Object ID: issw-2006-101-106.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche triggering, crack propagation, avalanche program
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- Title: Evaluating a Prototype Field Test for Weak Layer Fracture and Failure Propagation
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Dave Gauthier, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Researchers and practitioners currently lack a quantitative field test that indicates the propensity of a given slab and weak layer combination to pro...
- Object ID: issw-2006-107-116.pdf
- Keywords: fracture propagation, field test, extended column, snowpack stability, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Can Stability Tests Help Recreationists Assess the Local Avalanche Danger?
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Jürg Schweizer, Pascal Haegeli, Cam Campbell
- Description: In western Canada, various agencies issue public avalanche bulletins three to seven times per week for regions which range from less than 500 km2 to a...
- Object ID: issw-2006-468-477.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack stability tests, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, spatial scale
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