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Title: The Affect of Snow Density on the Temperature Gradient
Date: 2002
Authors: Robert S. Rosso
Description: Temperature data loggers were positioned on three marked layers during the early season in the Collins Snow Study Plot, Alta, Utah. A series of pits w...
Object ID: issw-2002-376-379.pdf
Keywords: snow compaction, snow density, snow settlement, snow temperature
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Title: Modeling and Measuring Snow for Assessing Climate Change Impacts in Glacier National Park, Montana
Date: 2002
Authors: Daniel B. Fagre, David Selkowitz, Blase Reardon, Karen Holzer, Lisa McKeon
Description: A 12-year program of global change research at Glacier National Park by the U.S. Geological Survey and numerous collaborators has made progress in qua...
Object ID: issw-2002-417-424.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, snow water equivalent, variability, pacific decadal oscillation, modeling
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Title: Wind Sensing Techniques and Methods for Wide Geographic Area Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2002
Authors: Cameron G. Rawlinson
Description: The paper reviews past and present methods for wind sensing used in British Columbia with a focus on the avalanche forecasting and control industries....
Object ID: issw-2002-436-442.pdf
Keywords: wind sensing, snow drifting, snow transport, snow loads, field measurements
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Title: Statistical Analyses on Multiple Burial Situations and Search Strategies for Multiple Burials
Date: 2002
Authors: Manuel Genswein, Stephan Harvey
Description: Recent statistical analysis based on 466 skier triggered avalanches in Switzerland from almost 30 years (winter 1970/71 to 1998/99) causing 698 comple...
Object ID: issw-2002-469-476.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche rescue, transceiver search, multiple burials
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Title: A Field Method for Identifying Structural Weaknesses in the Snowpack
Date: 2002
Authors: Ian McCammon, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Recent studies have confined what experienced avalanche workers have known for years: that human triggered avalanches often coincide with specific str...
Object ID: issw-2002-477-481.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stratigraphy, snow stability evaluation, avalanche education
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Title: Characterization of a Deep Slab Instability
Date: 2002
Authors: Ethan Greene, Greg Johnson
Description: In early January 2002, a warm and moist storm formed an ice crust on the snow surface throughout the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. Faceted snow ...
Object ID: issw-2002-491-498.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, avalanche accidents, avalanche release, snow stability, forecasting, skier triggering
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Title: Contrasting Stable and Unstable Snow Profiles with Respect to Skier Loading
Date: 2002
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, J. Bruce Jamieson
Description: A Swiss-Canadian data set of over 400 snow profiles from skier-triggered slopes and slopes that have been skied but not triggered was contrasted to de...
Object ID: issw-2002-499-501.pdf
Keywords: snow stratigraphy, avalanche formation, avalanche forecasting, snow cover stability, snow stability evaluation, skier triggering
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Title: Interpreting Fracture Character in Stability Tests
Date: 2002
Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Bruce Jamieson
Description: For at least a decade or two, some avalanche safety programs have recorded and interpreted the character of fractures in stability tests. It has been ...
Object ID: issw-2002-514-520.pdf
Keywords: snow stability tests, snow fracture, snow layer, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Scale Invariance of Snow Avalanche Triggering Mechanisms
Date: 2002
Authors: J. Faillettaz, F. Louchet, J.R. Grasso, D. Daudon, R. Dendievel
Description: Field data on more than 5000 avalanches confirm that avalanche size distributions are scale invariant, in a same way as a number of other geophysical ...
Object ID: issw-2002-528-531.pdf
Keywords: avalanche triggering, scale invariance, critical phenomena, cellular automata
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Title: Snow Toughness Measurements and Possible Applications to Avalanche Triggering
Date: 2002
Authors: Jerome Faillettaz, Dominique Daudon, David Bonjean, Francois Louchet
Description: A snow slab avalanche release usually results from the unstable expansion of a basal crack at the interface between an upper layer (slab) and an under...
Object ID: issw-2002-540-543.pdf
Keywords: snow, toughness, fractal, avalanches, granular materials
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Title: Spatial Variability of Slab Stability in Avalanche Start Zones
Date: 2002
Authors: Kyle Stewart, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Spatial variability of slab stability in avalanche start zones has been observed by avalanche professionals but little research has been published tha...
Object ID: issw-2002-544-548.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, stability tests, avalanches, spatial variability
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Title: Spatial Variability of Snow Stability on Small Slopes
Date: 2002
Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Jurg Schweizer, Martin Schneebeli
Description: Spatial snowpack variability is thought to strongly influence the fracture initiation and fracture propagation properties of the snowpack, thereby lar...
Object ID: issw-2002-549-554.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, snow stratigraphy, stability tests, avalanche formation, spatial variability
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Title: Formation Zone Avalanche Control Scheme at D-10 Avalanche Site on National Highway, Jammu-Srinagar (India): A Case Study
Date: 2002
Authors: Vinay Chaudhary, Praveen Mathur, Gurpreet Singh
Description: The Pir Panjal range in the Indian Himalaya in Jammu and Kashmir state lies in the lower Himalayan region between latitude 33°10' and 34°40'N. T...
Object ID: issw-2002-569-576.pdf
Keywords: avalanche defence, snow drifting, snow fence, snow load on structures, controlled release of avalanches
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Title: A 3D Model for Snow Drift and Snow Cover Development in Steep Alpine Terrain
Date: 2002
Authors: Michael Lehning, Judith Doorschot, Charles Fierz, Norbert Raderschall
Description: Since blowing and drifting snow is a major factor influencing avalanche danger and the local micro climate, a high resolution, objective and quantitat...
Object ID: issw-2002-579-589.pdf
Keywords: arps, lee slope, avalanches, wind slab, flow simulation, saltation, suspension, erosion, snow preferential deposition
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Title: Research and Developments on Wind Transport at Meteo-France and its Modelling
Date: 2002
Authors: Yves Durand, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Laurent Merindol
Description: Snow drift modeling is a difficult challenge due to different factors as the large range of the working scales and the permanent interaction between s...
Object ID: issw-2002-597-603.pdf
Keywords: snow drifting, snow cover ablation, snow cover accumulation, snow evaporation, snow modelling
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