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- Title: Case Study: Schober Avalanche on February 28th, 2009, Styria, Austria
- Date: 2010
- Authors: A. Studeregger, H. Rieder, A. Riegler, G. Zenkl
- Description: On February 28th, 2009 at 07.00 a.m. the Schober avalanche cracked in an altitude of 1820 m above sea level as a slab avalanche with a fracture depth ...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-094.pdf
- Keywords: wet snow avalanche, slab avalanche, snow drift, styrian avalanche service
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- Title: Non-Destructive Quantification of Snowpack Properties
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Achim Heilig, Hans Peter Marshall, Olaf Eisen, Martin Schneebeli
- Description: A temporal observation of the stratigraphy of seasonal snowpacks is only possible with non-invasive methods. Electromagnetic waves, specifically radar...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0082-0086.pdf
- Keywords: snowpacks, fmcw, electromagnetic wave systems
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- Title: Snow Characterization by Optical Properties
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Mathias Gergely, Martin Schneebeli, Kurt Roth
- Description: Snow optics offers an opportunity to measure physical properties of a vertical snow
profile or a snow surface by unbiased, high-resolution and time-s...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0087-0091.pdf
- Keywords: optical properties, reflectance, transmittance, grain size, density
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- Title: The Influence of Aspect on Physical and Chemical Properties of the Snow Cover in a Basin on the Monte Rosa Massif (North-Western Italian Alps)
- Date: 2009
- Authors: A. Brulport, M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz, G. Filippa, E. Squinobal
- Description: In Alpine ecosystems, snowpacks are characterized by both spatial and temporal variability, as a function of topographical and meteorological factors....
- Object ID: issw-2009-0160-0164.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack variability, topography, snow chemistry, stability
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- Title: Slab Avalanches at Mt. Kamihorokamettoku in Hokkaido in November 2007: Report of New Avalanche Research Team in Hokkaido Branch of JSSI
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Toshihiro Ozeki, Akihiro Hachikubo, Go Iwahana, Kazuki Nakamura, Kazuo Higuchi, Hitoshi Onishi, Daisuke Sasaki, Eizi Akitaya
- Description: Slab avalanches occurred at Mt. Kamihorokamettoku, Tokachi Mountain Range, in Hokkaido Prefecture in November 2007. The first slab avalanche occurred ...
- Object ID: P__8230.pdf
- Keywords: slab avalanche, depth hoar, mt kamihorokamettoku, hokkaido branch of jssi
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- Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, USA: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy
- Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the “strange but true†section. These oddities ar...
- Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park
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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: Surface Hoar Growth from Valley Clouds
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Sam Colbeck, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Avalanches release from buried surface hoar layers which form when stratus clouds extend across valleys on consecutive nights. Water vapor diffusion o...
- Object ID: issw-2006-001-006.pdf
- Keywords: surface hoar, stratus cloud, snowpack stratigraphy, snow slab avalanches
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- Title: Interfacial Crack Velocities in a Snow Slab – Numerical Simulation
- Date: 2006
- Authors: P. Mahajan, S.K. Joshi
- Description: A snow pack consists of weak layers embedded in strong layers. The interface bond
between a weak layer and layers in between which it is sandwiched m...
- Object ID: issw-2006-092-100.pdf
- Keywords: cohesive zone, dynamic crack growth, weak layer, snow, finite element
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- Title: Snow Cornice Development and Failure Monitoring
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Robert A. Burrows, David M. McClung
- Description: Snow cornices are significant winter alpine and snow avalanche hazards. A cornice is a leeward growing mass of snow overhanging from a ridge or sharp ...
- Object ID: issw-2006-129.pdf
- Keywords: cornice failure, monitoring, slab fractures, solar radiation
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- Title: Cellular Automaton Modelling of Slab Avalanche Triggering Mechanisms: From the Universal Statistical Behaviour to Particular Cases
- Date: 2006
- Authors: J. Faillettaz, F. Louchet, J-R. Grasso
- Description: Modelling avalanche release is a long lasting challenge. Despite a general agreement on the basic mechanisms responsible for avalanche release, determ...
- Object ID: issw-2006-174-180.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanches, cellular automata, statistical physics, variability, criticality
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- Title: Size Effects in Slab Avalanche Fractures
- Date: 2006
- Authors: D.M. McClung, C. Borstad
- Description: Size effects in snow failure are an important aspect of avalanche release. A
size effect implies that larger samples have smaller strength than small...
- Object ID: issw-2006-182.pdf
- Keywords: size effect, avalanche fractures, tensile, shear, snow mechanics
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- Title: Snowpack Basal Layer Facets in the Sierra Nevada
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Randall Osterhuber
- Description: Though California’s Sierra Nevada generally experiences deep snowpacks and modest midwinter air temperatures, faceted snow grains do form and p...
- Object ID: issw-2006-183-186.pdf
- Keywords: facets, depth hoar, wet slab avalanche
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- Title: Sawlem: Slab and Weak Layer Evolution Model
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Bruce Jamieson, Thomas Chalmers, Greg Johnson
- Description: Snowpack evolution models developed in Europe require meteorological and radiation
instrumentation rarely used in North America. In contrast, SAWLEM ...
- Object ID: issw-2006-228-233.pdf
- Keywords: slab avalanches, avalanche forecasting, snowpack stratigraphy, persistent weak layers
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- Title: Deep Slab Avalanche Hazard Forecasting and Mitigation: The South Face at Big Sky Ski Area
- Date: 2006
- Authors: Scott Savage
- Description: In December 1995, the Big Sky Ski Area installed a tram to the summit of Lone Mountain, accessing over 130 hectares (320 acres) of avalanche terrain i...
- Object ID: issw-2006-483-490.pdf
- Keywords: deep slab instability, crusts, ice, facets, explosives, avalanche forecasting
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