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- Title: The Effects of Different Methods of Compaction on Snowpack Stability
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Diana Saly, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, Tom Leonard
- Description: The interaction between snowpack layers determines the snowpack stability. It follows that disrupting layers may improve stability. Ski patrols and gu...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.02.pdf
- Keywords: compaction, snowpack stability, stability test, boot-packing, ski compaction
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- Title: Direct and Indirect Avalanche Experiences Among Backcountry Skiers: Relationships with Risk Perception and Use of Safety Gear
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Davide Marengo, Paola Dellavedova, Maria G. Monaci, Renato Miceli
- Description: A relevant factor that may affect risk perception and behaviors related to natural hazard is personal experience. Findings on recreational sports (e.g...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.10.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche experience, backcountry skiing, risk perception
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- Title: Simulation of Blowing Snow Weather Condition by WRF Model in Mayitasi, Xinjiang
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Lei Bai, Lanhi Li
- Description: Snowcover play an import role in earth's ecosystem. In Apline and terrain with complex topography, the blowing snow have heavy impact on snow accumula...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.43.pdf
- Keywords: partition, snowfall, news, criteria
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- Title: Design and Testing of Blast Shield for Avalanche Control used by the Colorado Department of Transportation
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Vilem Petr, Eduardo Lozano
- Description: An accidental explosion took place in March 2014 while performing an avalanche control operation in Loveland, Colorado. After the unfortunate events, ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.51.pdf
- Keywords: barrier, blast wave, fragmentation, high explosives, safety
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- Title: Effects of Saharan Dust Outbreaks on the Snow Stability in the Pyrenees
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Laetitia Chomette, Montse Bacardit, Jordi Gavaldà , Ivan Moner
- Description: Saharan dust outbreaks occur nearly every winter in the Pyrenees. It is well established that dust layers on the top of the snowpack reduce the snow a...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.02.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack structure, variability and metamorphism; avalanche formation, release and dynamics
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- Title: Back When it Used to Snow: An Analysis of 65 Years of Snowfall Data in the Pacific Northwest
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Dan Veenhuizen
- Description: The Stevens Pass area has a long history of use as a transportation and recreation corridor. A major US highway and railroad run through the region, a...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.03.pdf
- Keywords: snowfall trends, data analysis, el nino southern oscillation, stevens pass
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- Title: Comparison of ECT, RB, Threshold Sum and Relative Threshold Sum Approach to To Snowpack Instability Evaluation - New Results
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Igor Chiambretti, Fabiano Monti, Mauro Valt
- Description: The Italian regional avalanche forecasting services (AINEVA) collect snowpack observations such as snowpack profiles or stability tests on a daily or ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.05.pdf
- Keywords: rutschblock (rb), extended column test (ect), structural instability indices, threshold sum (tsa), relative threshold sum (rta)
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- Title: Evaluation of SNOWPACK Metamorphism and Microstructure in a Canadian Context: a Case Study for Snow Stability Assessment
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jean-Benoit Madore, Kevin Côté, Alexandre Langlois
- Description: The snow thermodynamic multi-layer model SNOWPACK was developed in order to address the risk of avalanches by simulating the vertical geophysical and ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.06.pdf
- Keywords: snow grain, snowpack, avalanche, model, stability, metamorphism
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- Title: Climate Change Impacts on Utah's Central Wasatch Snowpacks
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Rand Decker, Hugo Froyland
- Description: Climate change has resulted in winters that are much different than in previous decades. For the better part of 20 years, the central and southern Roc...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.09.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack distribution, climate change, snowmelt, drought
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- Title: Effects of Bark Beetle Attacks on Snowpack and Snow Avalanche Hazard
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Michaela Teich, Martin Schneebeli, Peter Bebi, Andrew D. Giunta, Curtis A. Gray, Michael J. Jenkins
- Description: Unprecedented bark beetle outbreaks across western North America have resulted in the death of millions of trees, which profoundly affects snowpack in...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.10.pdf
- Keywords: subcanopy snow stratigraphy, avalanche protection forest, spruce beetle, snowmicropen
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- Title: Two Decades of a Winter Backcountry Permit System - is This the 'Right' Tool to Encourage Avalanche Awareness, Education, and Responsibility?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Patrick M. McGervey
- Description: In Arizona, the Kachina Peaks rise to an elevation of over 3,800 meters providing a stark contrast to a relatively flat and arid landscape below. Slop...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.40.pdf
- Keywords: permit system, education, public safety
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- Title: A Detailed Framework of the Snow and Avalanche Dynamics Class at the University of Utah
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Steven Clark
- Description: Traditional certification-based avalanche education is often completed in short, intensive time periods that leaves many students wanting more detaile...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.43.pdf
- Keywords: education, 5e instructional model, fieldwork, semester
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- Title: Avalanche Consequence Lesson Plan
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Harlan L. Sheppard
- Description: This poster presentation will be on teaching Avalanche Consequence. I will introduce a new lesson plan that departs from standard techniques. The main...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.49.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, avalanche education, safety
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- Title: The North Rockies Mountain Snowmobilers in the Absence of a Daily Public Avalanche Bulletin
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Andrew J. Duncan, Iain Stewart-Patterson
- Description: British Columbia's mountainous topography and weather makes it a rewarding region for winter backcountry travel. Studies acknowledge that less is know...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.50.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche bulletins, north rockies, snowmobilers, avalanche risk culture, public safety
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- Title: Some Characteristics of Upside-Down Storms in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California-Nevada, USA
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Benjamin Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Susan Burak
- Description: Upside-down storms (UDSs) are winter precipitation events where temperature increases with time. We postulate that all mid-winter increases in streamf...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.03.pdf
- Keywords: upside-down storm, snow level, snow hydrology, atmospheric river
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